September cleanup coming up for town of Boone
by Scott Nicholson
September is annually a time of community clean-up efforts,
with both the state and the town of Boone heading campaigns.
The town of Boone will hold its annual Boone Clean-Up Day on Saturday, Sept. 18.
Residents are encouraged to join the town staff and the Adopt-A-Street and Adopt-A-Stream organizations to remove litter that has accumulated along streets and streams during the summer.
Volunteers can come by the Town of Boone Public Works Center, located at 321 East King St., between 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to get clean-up supplies. They can also be picked up prior to the event.
The town will also be awarding monetary prizes to the winners of the "Most Unusual Litter Contest."
People can enter the contest by bringing unusual litter found on roadsides and in streams within the town limits to the Public Works Center on the event day.
Refreshments and stories will be shared between noon and 1:30 p.m.
People who participate by cleaning around their property can call the Public Works Department for an additional free curbside junk or yard debris pick up during the litter sweep, from Sept.18 to Oct. 2.
For more information and to register for the event, contact Boone's Adopt-A-Street/stream/flowerbed coordinator Shannon Isaacs at (828) 268-6230.
The N.C. Department of Transportation is also conducting a litter sweep and Unusual Litter contest from Sept. 18 to Oct. 2.
Cash prizes of $250, $100 or $50 will be awarded for most unusual items collected.
Photos can be sent in with entry forms, with details at http://www.ncdot.gov .
The NCDOT's county maintenance office has trash bags, orange vests and gloves for volunteers, with crews devoting one week to collecting the filled bags on roadsides.
The county office is on Jefferson Highway in Boone, and the phone number is (828) 265-5378.
The town of Boone will hold its annual Boone Clean-Up Day on Saturday, Sept. 18.
Residents are encouraged to join the town staff and the Adopt-A-Street and Adopt-A-Stream organizations to remove litter that has accumulated along streets and streams during the summer.
Volunteers can come by the Town of Boone Public Works Center, located at 321 East King St., between 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to get clean-up supplies. They can also be picked up prior to the event.
The town will also be awarding monetary prizes to the winners of the "Most Unusual Litter Contest."
People can enter the contest by bringing unusual litter found on roadsides and in streams within the town limits to the Public Works Center on the event day.
Refreshments and stories will be shared between noon and 1:30 p.m.
People who participate by cleaning around their property can call the Public Works Department for an additional free curbside junk or yard debris pick up during the litter sweep, from Sept.18 to Oct. 2.
For more information and to register for the event, contact Boone's Adopt-A-Street/stream/flowerbed coordinator Shannon Isaacs at (828) 268-6230.
The N.C. Department of Transportation is also conducting a litter sweep and Unusual Litter contest from Sept. 18 to Oct. 2.
Cash prizes of $250, $100 or $50 will be awarded for most unusual items collected.
Photos can be sent in with entry forms, with details at http://www.ncdot.gov .
The NCDOT's county maintenance office has trash bags, orange vests and gloves for volunteers, with crews devoting one week to collecting the filled bags on roadsides.
The county office is on Jefferson Highway in Boone, and the phone number is (828) 265-5378.