The Stella Stewart Award
Paul C. Rosenberger
Paul C. Rosenberger, being a man of inexhaustible energy is upbeat, positive, involved and committed to preserving, maintaining and improving the quality of life in neighborhoods throughout the City of Decatur.
Mr. Rosenberger is a pillar in the community and has shown his commitment through his outreach and community involvement. He currently serves as secretary and board member of the Human Service Agency Consortium- Disability Division, is Treasurer and a Board Member of the Holiday Hills Neighborhood Organization, and is Secretary and Board Member of the Coalition of Neighborhood Organizations. Mr. Rosenberger was past president of the state and local Board of the Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities.
While ingeniously rising above his own physical challenges, Mr. Rosenberger has demonstrated special care and concern as he volunteers hours of his time to make his neighborhood, the Holiday Hills Neighborhood Organization, a safer, more pleasant, and friendlier place to live by making new neighbors feel welcome. He organizes the Spring Cabin Fever dinners, a project designed to get people out of their homes in the spring to become more neighbors by meeting and greeting neighbors they haven’t seen all winter. He also organizes ice cream and watermelon socials to promote unity within his neighborhood. And he created a detailed contact list within their neighborhood, which highlights their phone numbers, addresses, lot number, with personal household information to be shared among their neighbors.
He was also selected to the Neighborhood Improvements Commission because of his fearless and dedication to neighborhoods.