Neighborhood Cleanup
Fall Cleanup 2024
This is one of two annual neighborhood clean-ups hosted by the Fountain Square Neighborhood Association. Neighbors gather to pick up litter, clean curb muck and drains, and generally attend to the built environment in the community.
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024
Time: 10:00a – 1:30p
Timeline:
10:00a – Gather, welcome, grab gear – Stacy Park
Base camp hosts help greet volunteers, get organized, make route/work assignments, and distribute supplies.
Take a group photo.
Advise folks to any post event plans – happy hour or social event at a local business.
10:30a – Start the cleanup.
12:00p – 1:30p – Packer truck arrives at Stacy Park to begin route.
Route begins by collecting curb muck.
1:30p – Conclude (Optional happy hour at a local establishment)
Routes and Cleanup Areas:
Base Camp
- Greet volunteers, make route assignments, and distribute supplies
- Take group photo before people leave to start the clean up
- While volunteers are out, pick up litter in Stacy Park
- Inform the packer truck of the route to take
Begin with curb muck, then go to litter routes
Curb Muckers – Must be there until 1p.
- Clean intersection of Woodlawn and Spruce
If time is available, working down either street is welcome.
Muck should be scraped up and placed in piles.
At/Around noon, the packer truck will come to the intersection.
Curb muck should be deposited directly into the truck (no bags)
Litter Brigade – Collection and bagging ends by 12:30p
- Route 1 – Olive Street (Prospect to Spann)
Leave bags along the east side Olive
- Route 2 – State Street (English to Prospect)
Leave bags along the west side of State
- Route 3 – Linden Street (Prospect to Pleasant Run)
Leave bags on the east side of Linden
- Route 4 – Orange Street (State to Shelby)
Leave bags on the north side of Orange
Drain Cleaning Crew
- Clean drains along each route
Muck can be placed into bags and loaded with litter pick up.