October 10, 2013 (Baltimore, MD) — Public Works Director Alfred H. Foxx again reminds residents that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s 2013 Fall Cleanup is on Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 2013 theme, FALL IN BALTIMORE: NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN SWEEP, encourages Baltimore residents to make a commitment to clean their neighborhoods and to make this year’s cleanup the most successful ever. Fifty communities have already signed-up and now is the time for your neighborhood to commit to this effort to CLEAN UP BALTIMORE.

Beginning with this cleanup, residents and property owners have an added incentive to get involved. The newly implemented Maryland Stormwater Fee has now gone into effect, and one way to receive credits to reduce your fee is to participate in organized cleanups such as this. When a neighborhood association registers for FALL IN BALTIMORE they should be sure to ask about this credit program.

Baltimore residents are encouraged to pick a location that needs a special cleanup and call 311 to register. Participating communities are asked to bag and stack debris at a designated collection location so that it can be picked up on Monday, October 28. Participants should provide the debris pickup location when they register at 311. Free garbage bags are available to registered communities at the following DPW locations: 111 Kane Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 (October 21 to 25, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and 2840 Sisson Street, Baltimore, MD 21211 (October 21 to 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

For more information, or to sign up, call 311. To learn more about the Maryland Stormwater Fee credit program visit: www.cleanwaterbaltimore.org and click the stormwater tab.