Central North Side CleanUP May 5, 2007

We will continue our tradition of holding First Saturdays CleanUP days in 2007 since they have been so successful and have made such a difference. This is your chance to make our neighborhood a more beautiful place. We meet at the Saturdays listed below at 10 a.m. at Mechanic's Retreat Park at the corner of Buena Vista and Jacksonia.

Vouchers for a delicious cup of Beleza coffee or tea and pastries are provided. After that we disperse, some to the streets and sidewalks with bags and gloves, others to the gardens to pick up litter, plant, weed, prune, etc. We supply trash bags and work gloves for those who need them.

We plan to continue to focus on Drover's Repose (corner of N. Taylor and Brighton Road) and Mechanic's Retreat gardens. At some point we want to have a couple dump trucks full of topsoil delivered to Drover's to fill in an area that has subsided.

This is a great way to meet new people and do something good for the neighborhood. Even if you can only give a half-hour, it will be a half-hour of litter and weeds that disappear. Hope to see many old and new friends there.