Historical April–May 2002 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Operation Brightside Blitz Day, scheduled this year in our neighborhood on Saturday, April 27, will once again focus on alley clean up. Block captains will receive trash bags to help clean up the debris. Work crews will form in each alley starting at about 8:30 a.m. Trash trucks will be making their rounds starting at about 10:00 a.m. Flyers will be distributed outlining the procedures for bulk trash pick up as well as yard waste guidelines.
Please try to follow those guidelines as we strive to brighten up the community for all of us. Volunteers will also gather at Four Corners Park and be dispatched to those blocks requesting help with their alley clean up.
The SDCC Office will be open at 8:00 a.m. to direct volunteers and answer questions. Once again, all workers are invited to share free hot dogs and camaraderie in Four Corners Park from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. And this year, participate in a “Blitz Bonus” sponsored by Home Depot: Recruit a crew of at least fifteen neighbors to clean up your alley. Take pictures. Complete a Blitz Bonus form (available at the SDCC Office) and submit it with the pictures on or before May 8, 2002. Your crew will receive $50.00 worth of tools, plants and/or other materials from the Home Depot at 3202 South Kingshighway. Items can be chosen to continue the improvement efforts on YOUR block. And don’t forget – the neighborhood plant exchange and planting day will be Saturday, May 4th. in Four Corners Park from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Check your flyer for details.
Original photograph caption
Brad Weir, Frank Burke and Betty Newsham, 1989, beautifying the barricades. Photo by King Schoenfeld.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2002.
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