Make Your Neighborhood Shine: Sign Up for the Mayor’s Spring Cleanup

Thursday Mar 1st, 2018

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Spring is almost here! Get ready to make your neighborhood shine by signing up for Mayor Catherine E. Pugh’s Spring Cleanup. This year’s Spring Cleanup will be Saturday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Communities can sign up now to participate in the Spring Cleanup.

To participate, organized groups should provide their cleanup location(s) and anticipated numbers of participants when calling 311 to register.

This is the City’s 19th annual spring cleaning event, which encourages neighbors throughout the City to work together to sweep, rake, and plant.

Residents participating in the Mayor’s Spring Cleanup can earn credits toward their stormwater fee. Representatives from registered communities can pick up forms needed to apply for the stormwater credit when they come to collect bags for their cleanups.

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