As a commitment to the local community and its environment, US Smokeless Tobacco and Altria Group working with the Beautification Commission, awarded a $10,000.00 grant for the beautification of Project Playground at the North Drive Complex, located off of North Drive in Hopkinsville, KY. With the help of volunteers from US Smokeless Tobacco, the leadership of the Beautification Commission’s Director, Anne Casey & Commission Members, community volunteers and Hands On Nashville, the newly constructed Project Playground received its landscaping makeover on September 25, 2009. The grant provided for the purchase of trees, other nursery stock, materials for two pergolas, new commercial grade benches, as well as supplying the needed tools, mulch and other supplies. The event ended in a celebration and ribbon cutting at the North Drive Complex; starting at 5:00 p.m. Mayor Dan Kemp began the festivities with an official ribbon cutting for Project Playground and soccer fields.