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Mayor,
community
kick off
Motor
City
Makeover,
citywide
spring
cleaning
scheduled
for May
6, 13 &
20
· City
also
launches
Serve
Detroit
website
as new
portal
for
Volunteer
Opportunities
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
and a
host of
community
partners
today
kicked
off
Detroit’s
annual
Motor
City
Makeover
campaign
today
and the
city’s
Northwest
Activities
Center.
The
theme
for this
year’s
effort
is
“Motor
City
Makeover
365,”
which
emphasizes
the
City’s
plan to
promote
and
encourage
cleaning,
beautification
and
additional
board
ups of
vacant
houses
throughout
the
year.
Volunteers
can sign
up at
www.motorcitymakeover.org,
or by
calling
313-224-4415.
At the
announcement,
the
Mayor
called
on
residents,
community
organizations,
business
owners
and
students
to join
the
effort
to clean
the city
during
the
first
three
Saturdays
in May
at a
news
conference
at
Northwest
Activities
Center,
18100
Meyers
Road.
This
year,
Districts
1 and 2
will be
cleaned
on May
6;
Districts
3, 4,
and 5
will be
cleaned
on May
13; and
Districts
6 and 7
will be
cleaned
on May
20.
Calling
this
year’s
effort
Motor
City
Makeover
365, the
City
plans to
promote
cleaning
and
beautification
throughout
the
year. In
addition
to the
citywide
cleanup
in May,
the City
will
focus
on:
June
Flower
planting
and
beautification
efforts
The City
will be
giving
away
about
1500
flats of
flowers
to
registered
community
groups
July
Board-ups
In
addition
to
community
groups,
the City
will be
working
with GM
Cares
and Life
Remodeled
for
large-scale
board-ups
of 400
vacant
homes in
July and
early
August.
August
Safe
Routes
to
Schools
(in
coordination
with
United
Way)
The City
will
work
with
volunteers,
schools
and
community
groups
to board
up homes
and
organize
patrol
group
for 20
schools
across
all
seven
districts.
“Thanks
to the
efforts
of
residents,
city
workers
and our
sponsors,
our city
is
noticeably
cleaner
and more
beautiful,”
said
Mayor
Duggan.
“Now is
the time
to make
sure
that we
are
keeping
up this
effort
throughout
the
year.”
SERVE
DETROIT
– NEW
ONLINE
VOLUNTEER
PORTAL
A new
part of
the
effort
to
sustain
this
good
work is
the
launch
of a new
website,
Serve
Detroit,
which
provides
information
about
for
Detroit
residents
and
others
to
connect
with
volunteer
events
to
improve
the
city.
This
month’s
featured
volunteer
opportunity
is Motor
City
Makeover.
By
visiting
www.servedetroit.org,
residents
can find
a number
of other
volunteer
opportunities,
learn
how to
organize
a block
club,
meet
their
Department
of
Neighborhoods
District
Manager
and
more.
HOW
TO GET
INVOLVED
Motor
City
Makeover
is a
bagged
litter
campaign.
Individuals
and
community
groups
must
register
with the
City of
Detroit
Department
of
Neighborhoods
(DON) in
order to
receive
a
limited
supply
of bags
and
gloves,
as well
as
information
regarding
special
pickups
of
bagged
litter
and
roll-off
containers.
Bagged
litter
will
only be
collected
from
pre-established
locations.
Individuals
and
groups
are
encouraged
to:
·
Register
online
at
www.motorcitymakeover.org
or call
(313)
224-4415
to join
the
effort.
· Clean
around
their
neighborhood,
business,
house of
worship,
or
school
on the
Saturday
designated
for
their
district.
·
Organize
their
neighbors,
members
or
employees
for a
massive
cleanup.
Volunteers
can
indicate
the area
they
will
clean
when
registering
or call
(313)
224-4415
for a
location.
·
Organize
their
neighbors
to board
up
vacant
homes in
their
area.
·
Beautify
their
area by
planting
flowers,
plants,
or
trees,
or by
removing
graffiti,
etc.
The
scheduled
cleanup
dates
are as
follows:
Saturday,
May 6
District
1
Crowell
Recreation
Center
16630
Lahser
District
2
Northwest
Activities
Center
18100
Meyers
Saturday,
May 20
District
6
Patton
Recreation
Center
2301
Woodmere
District
7
Adams
Butzel
Recreation
Complex
10500
Lyndon
Saturday,
May 13
District
3
Farwell
Recreation
Center
2781 E.
Outer
Drive
District
4
Warren-Conner
Development
Coalition
4401
Conner
District
5
Recycle
Here!
1331
Holden
Butzel
Family
Center
7737
Kercheval
In
addition,
volunteers
may take
bagged
litter
to any
of the
five
drop-off
locations
listed
below,
which
will be
open on
the
three
Saturday
cleanup
dates.
Bulk
Drop-Off
Locations:
Limit is
one
cubic
yard or
1,000
pounds
·
Davison
Yard -
8221
West
Davison,
10:30
a.m. - 6
p.m.
·
Southfield
Yard -
12255
Southfield
Road,
10:30
a.m. - 6
p.m.
· 5840
Anthon
between
Cavalry
and
Campbell,
10:30
a.m. - 6
p.m. –
Will
Close
June 1
· State
Fair
Yard -
19715
John R,
10:30
a.m. - 6
p.m. -
Will
Close
June 1
J. Fons
Transfer
Station
- 6451
E.
McNichols,
8 a.m. -
4 p.m.
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