Historical April–May 2006 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Once again, Skinker DeBlaiviere Community Council Brings You Operation Brightside BLITZ DAY Saturday, April 1st, 2006 Help cleanup your neighborhood!
The Beautification Committee of the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council needs YOU to join your neighbors for this big clean-up day.
After making the neighborhood shine, join us from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. for free hot-dogs & soda Greg Freeman Park at Four Corner Park (Kingsbury & DesPeres). And then next month – Neighborhood Greening – Saturday, May 6, 2006 Greg Freeman Park at Four Corners and all around the neighborhood. Available FREE at your Four Corner Park on Saturday, May 6, 2006: • woodchip mulch (for garden beds and trees, etc.) • grass seed packets for small bare spots in lawns • sign up to water flowers at Greg Freeman Park at Four Corners • Block Captains flower orders to be picked up Question?
Call Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council at 862-5122. SDCC is funded in part by a grant from CDA and HUD. Operation Brightside PROJECT BLITZ 2006 Alley Clean-up Day Trash Instructions Trash pick-up will start at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 1st. • Trucks will pick up several times throughout the day. • Please put your large trash items out by 10:00 a.m. • Car batteries, used motor oil, large appliances, and tires will be recycled.
Please separate from household items (such as furniture, mattresses, etc.) • Place grass, leaves, and twigs in “Yard Waste Only” dumpsters. • Branches more than two inches in diameter and no longer than 3 to 4 feet must be bundled and placed with bulk items for collection.
Call Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council with questions at 862-5122. Placement of Items: • Place all small items in the trash dumpster. Be careful not to overload the dumpster. • Place large items, such as appliances and furniture, directly behind your home at the alley line. (This is your regular bulk pick-up site.) • If you have a dumpster directly behind your house: Make sure your bulk items are at least four feet away from the dumpster. No large items should be placed next to or behind the dumpsters. • Trash trucks will not be able to empty trash receptacles if there is any material placed within four feet of any dumpster. • Do not block alleys with bulk items. • Items placed on private property will not be picked up. • If you clean a vacant lot, all bulk items must be placed at the alley line for the material to be collected. • All debris must be bagged or put into the trash receptacles. • Loose debris will not be picked up by the trucks. Brought to you by Operation Brightside and the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2006.
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