Wiest property earns Jamestown Yard of the Week honor

A well-kept front yard at 610 4th St. NW brought Elroy and Marlys Wiest Jamestown’s latest Yard of the Week honor, along with a $100 certificate to a local greenhouse, a Yard of the Week certificate and the Yard of the Week sign. The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee made the selection, putting the Wiests’ property in the city’s summer spotlight.

The recognition is part of a program scheduled to run through Aug. 28, 2026, with one yard chosen each week from community nominations. The chamber says the award was created to recognize people who help beautify Jamestown, and residents can nominate properties through the chamber’s process. Cavendish Farms is sponsoring the 2026 season.

Eligibility rules help explain the kind of property the committee is looking for. Winners must be visible from the street, must be single-family residences and must be inside Jamestown city limits. That keeps the honor rooted in the everyday streetscape, where a neat yard can shape first impressions just as much as larger public improvements do. The chamber’s mission is to foster partnerships that support, connect and advocate for member business and organization growth, which gives the beautification effort a broader civic home within the city’s business community.

The Wiests’ selection also fits a program that has already become a summer tradition in Jamestown. In 2025, Yard of the Week ran from June 6 through Aug. 29 and finished with Terry Weippert and Brenda Beckman as the final weekly winners. For homeowners, the practical lesson is straightforward: a visible front yard, regular mowing, clean edges, healthy plantings and an uncluttered approach from the street can turn routine upkeep into a block-level asset. In a city like Jamestown, those details help define neighborhood pride one address at a time.