Showing posts with label stanton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stanton. Show all posts

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Thanks to Paulette, AOC7, and the Kids Who Voluntered at Yesterday's Clean Up

There was a very successful clean up at the east end of the MacArthur Park Neighborhood yesterday that got Stanton Pl, 15th, Juniper and 17th. Thanks to Paulette who organized the clean up and provided the prizes. Also thanks to everyone, including the AOC7 members and the neighborhood kids who came out and volunteered. A few residents were so appreciative, one signed up to host the dumpster on the 24th. By the way, there will be another clean up in about the same area on the 24th. We'll probably go west and try to get Sherman that week.

We also got the remainder of 17th Street this morning from
Walnut to Orange. In places, 17th is a lot cleaner than it has been in the past. In places, we still have a lot of work left to do. In all, between the two weeks we tackled 17th Street it took four 32 gallon bags.

It gets progressively worse as you approach Orange. A lot like Walnut south of 14th, this is where several large apartment complexes begin to collect. We're going to be working on a more effective way of keeping these areas clean. Next week, on Sunday, we will get Ester Street and the remainder of Orange that we did not get the last time around. 

Next Saturday we will be assisting the AOC7 on their neighborhood clean up; I welcome all of MacArthur Park to join in.
 

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Stanton Clean Up Done: 06/27/2015 10am

The Stanton Place Clean Up is done. Stanton Place was covered from 15th to just shy of PCH. A lot of the neighbors expressed gratitude and a desire to pitch in in the future. My sincere thanks to Azul and the Credit Union for bringing water, volunteers and doughnuts. It was very much appreciated and made a huge difference.

Normally, on a run we get about 64 gallons of trash. Today we got closer to 128. Because there were seven volunteers it also went twice as fast. Last week, Sherman Street took me a total of four hours. Next week, 14th street, from Junipero as far as I can go. Because next Saturday is July 4th, we will be starting a little earlier: 8am.