Sign Up Now for the Mayor’s Fall Cleanup

Wednesday Oct 12th, 2016

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Baltimore City Department of Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds citizens that the deadline to sign up for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Fall Cleanup is fast approaching.

The sign-up deadline for your group, church, business, school, non-profit, or block of neighbors to participate is Monday, October 17, 2016. 

The Mayor’s Fall Cleanup represents a perfect time to bring people together to sweep, rake, and shovel their communities free of debris.  Already more than 100 neighborhoods have signed up to participate.

Interested parties must call 311 to register to participate. The Mayor’s Fall Cleanup is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Bags are available to the registered participants for trash and yard waste disposal. Also, when calling, please be sure to ask about how property owners can earn credits to reduce their Maryland Stormwater Fee.

Bagged trash will be removed from your cleanup location on the day of the cleanup, and all remaining debris will be collected on Monday, October 24, 2016.

 

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