Mayor's Fall Cleanup: Registration sign-up now underway for the Mayor's October 24 Fall Cleanup

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Baltimore  MD:  Baltimore City Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds residents to sign up early for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s 2015 Fall Cleanup.  The cleanup is Saturday, October 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Registrations are being accepted now.  Community associations must call 311 to register. 

 

Bags are available for trash and yard waste disposal.  Bagged debris from your cleanup will be collected on Monday, October 26. Graffiti removal can be requested when signing up for the Fall Cleanup and throughout the year by calling 311.

 

Plan now to make the Fall Cleanup your best and biggest cleanup of the year.  Organize plenty of volunteers to come out to clean, rake, plant, sweep and paint.  Then call 311 to register.  Be sure to ask how property owners can earn credits to reduce their Maryland Stormwater Fee.

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