Dearborn Hills 5K Fun Run Huge Success
We have talked a lot on these pages about the many different elements that give Dearborn that homey feel even though it has a population of some 100,000 people. We can thank Dearborn’s strong neighborhood associations as being one of the key contributing elements that keeps Dearborn feeling special to so many of us who call this city our home.
Runners hit the streets Saturday in Dearborn Hills for the neighborhood's 2nd annual 5k Fun Run. For more photos from the race, click the photograph above.
Nowhere was this more evident than on Saturday morning along the tree-lined streets that comprise what is known as the Dearborn Hills neighborhood. On the streets were nearly 100 residents and non-residents, some running and others just watching, who showed up before 9 a.m. to take part in the Dearborn Hills Civic Association’s 5k Run. It was the second time for the run and the number of attendees this year compared to year-ago were up dramatically.
But to achieve a successful neighborhood event requires a lot of dedicated people to donate their time, along with some help from local businesses, which was the case here. Kearns Brothers, Panera Bread and the Dearborn Hills Golf Course, all great Dearborn businesses and neighbors, stepped up with donations and help. So did the Dearborn Police.
A big thanks goes to Dan Webster, my colleague on the Dearborn Hills Civic Association board, and his three daughters (avid runners themselves), who did the bulk of the heavy lifting to keep the Association’s 5K run on track, along with many other association members. And an extra thanks goes to Rob Seeley, our president, who carried this event over the finish line when bureaucratic obstacles began emerging, nearly stopping the race before it could even begin.
With the success of the second race under our belt, you can be sure there will be a third one, even bigger and better than this one around the same time next year.
For a list of the runners and their race times, click HERE