Post Date: 03/05/2018 1:00 PM

This community-based effort is a continuation of Mayor Purzycki’s Beautiful City initiative

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and the City’s Director of Constituent Services Jennifer Prado are encouraging city residents, businesses and civic associations to sign up for this year’s Community Cleanup Day. The annual citywide event will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, the day before Earth Day, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Community Cleanup Day is an opportunity for City residents to demonstrate pride in their neighborhoods by organizing to remove trash from streets, sidewalks, parks and other public spaces. Last year, more than 50 community groups, including families, friends, neighbors, churches, businesses, schools and non-profit organizations, came together to improve residential neighborhoods and public green spaces. Some groups focused on litter removal and trash collection, while others planted flowers, updated landscaping or began a community garden project.

To register or to obtain more information about the 2018 Community Cleanup Day, visit www.WilmingtonDE.gov/BeautifulCity or call the City of Wilmington’s Office of Constituent Services at 302-576-2489. The registration form is available here bit.ly/WilmDE2018CleanUp.

This year’s Community Cleanup Day is a continuation of Mayor Purzycki’s Beautiful City Initiative, which was launched in October through the leadership of the Public Works Department in an effort to create an aesthetically attractive city for both citizens and visitors. Mayor Purzycki said at the time that a clean city is a city that cares about its image and its future. “We all need to take pride in our homes, our blocks and our neighborhoods,” the Mayor continued, “because everyone appreciates a beautiful city.”

The Mayor today thanked the employees of the Constituent Services Office, the Department of Public Works, and the Department of Parks and Recreation for working together to coordinate Community Cleanup Day activities. “By collaborating and taking action within our neighborhoods through events like the Community Cleanup Day, the Adopt-a-Block program, and our new Beautiful City Initiative, we are showing that we respect our City and are proud to call Wilmington our home,” said Mayor Purzycki. “I thank everyone in advance who intends to participate in this important event, and I look forward to joining you again on Saturday, April 21.”

For more details about Wimington’s Beautiful City Initiative, please refer to our news release from October 2017 at: bit.ly/BeatifulCityWilmDE

News and information from the Office of Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki

John Rago

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Paul Ford Jr.

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