BY NAOMI R. PATTON

DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

For half the day Saturday, volunteers painted 300 fire hydrants along 8 Mile, picked up trash, planted flowers and added some curb appeal to a few businesses on the way.

They were with the Eight Mile Boulevard Association's 16th annual Clean the D campaign, which focused on the 27-mile corridor between I-94 and I-275.

"We kind of work on the premise of beautification spurs more beautification," said Alan Weber, the association's associate director.

Tami Salisbury, the association's executive director, said they had a record 400 volunteers, in part because of posting a request for volunteers on the Believe in Detroit campaign Web site.

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