Team Recovery Community Clean Up

[sheclown]

Work, being what it is... slow... right now for some of the men who live in our houses. We always want to keep busy and productive. It builds self esteem and burns off anxiety.

Team Recovery is offering some helping hands for trash pickup starting on the northeast quadrant. This is a large area and we have committed two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, to this community clean up.

If you have a specific area inside this quadrant that you think needs some special attention, please let us know and we can make sure we hit that spot.

Also, if you would like to contribute trash bags or gloves to the cause, we would gladly accept that help. You could drop off gloves or trash bags to the thrift store (1728 Main Street, 10-5) today, Tuesday or Wednesday. Or you could drop them off at the welding shop 2018 Walnut Street.

Thanks!

[Ralph W]

As a heads up for future cleanups and if you are quick enough on Monday, for this one,

Clean It Up/Green It Up can help with trash bags and gloves (Nitril)

Call Dan Durbec at 630-3420 DDurbec@coj.net

[sheclown]

Thanks Ralph!  I'll call on Monday.

[sheclown]

We have heard about these areas of concern:

alley between 5-6 Walnut/Liberty

alley between 8-10 Walnut/Liberty

Walnut Street 8-10

East 10th Street Main to Market

anywhere else that you'd like to add to this list?

[Ocklawaha]

Hey Sheclown, a call to JTA could give y'all the location of every bus stop in Springfield, and the group could easily clean em' up.

Maybe you could go farther, if you get the donations and volunteers, think bus benches, or installing route signs etc... Make it a community effort to clean up transit in the process and MAYBE the idea will spread around the city.

Here's a source that y'all should consider that I doubt JTA even knows exists.

http://www.prideestore.com/PRIDEStore/Products/Furniture/Park+Furniture/Benches/Default.aspx

OCKLAWAHA

[Ralph W]

To show just how little JTA thinks of community partnership:

Our group tried to get full sized garbage cans for the bus stops but were shot down. JTA pays a contractor per can to empty them on a regular basis and although we volunteered to keep the cans we provided emptied it would not fly based on their existing contract for trash pickup. And adding our cans to the pickup schedule would cost too much - about $26 per pickup. We also could not afford the type of cans that were mandated by the Peyton administration. They had to be enclosed in a coquina covered cocoon at a cost of approximately $300 each in order to have a consistent city-wide "look".

Since that time we have noticed the so-called city-wide look was, indeed, not consistent.

We did, however, receive permission from JTA - I don't have that contact handy at this time - to attach small plastic wastebaskets to the bus stop poles in our neighborhood and our membership empties them regularly. This may or may not work in all neighborhoods because of the vandalism factor. We have lost two - one because of rough treatment (can't say if it was on purpose) and one because an errant motorist took out the entire sign.

Benches are a right-of-way or even private property problem and maybe a call to the Chamber of Commerce could get information on how they got their sponsored benches in place.

As I mentioned earlier, Clean It Up/Green It Up is a source for certain supplies and strong backing for the volunteer efforts in keeping Jacksonville beautiful. There is also city-wide recognition for ongoing programs and the Mayor hands out annual awards (plaques/certificates) to organizations who participate in the Keeping Jacksonville Beautiful program. Check out the COJ website for these programs. There are far to few organizations participating.

Another program is Adopt-a-Road. If you are a business, you get your name on a roadside sign that says you volunteer to keep a section of roadway cleaned up and you pay $50 a year. If you are a civic organization you can do the same thing but it's free. Monthly activity and a report are required.

[sheclown]

Those are all great ideas.

[sheclown]

Wow!  I just talked to Dan @ Clean It Up (COJ).  He is going to drop off 100 bags, gloves and some vests.  He's bringing them to me, today!

Thank you so much for the link.

[sheclown]

Over 70 bags of trash collected!



And we will do more tomorrow.

Areas we focused on:  alleys between Walnut & Liberty, alleys of Ionia.  East 8th Street and Main Street.

[simms3]

Awesome.  Great job!

[iloveionia]

Beyond a great service to the community.
Beyond.
Thank you Team Recovery.

[Ralph W]

Over 70 bags of trash collected!



And we will do more tomorrow.

Areas we focused on:  alleys between Walnut & Liberty, alleys of Ionia.  East 8th Street and Main Street.

Looks like you need to call Dan for a refill.

[sheclown]

yes, I was thinking the same thing!

[sheclown]

eastside trash

I can't say enough about the Clean It Up guys @ the city.  Trash bags, gloves, vests...awesome.  Thanks Dan.