The Great Richmond Clean Up!

Do you know what the Great American Clean-up is?  Every year between March and June, Keep America Beautiful sponsors, supports and facilitates thousands of clean-up/revitalization/beautification projects in communities all around our country with the help of over 3 million volunteers.

This year I’m happy to report about the “Great Richmond Clean-up”, which took place on March 24th along the Boulevard and on May 13th on Broad Street.  Altria, the City of Richmond, Johnson Inc., and Keep Virginia Beautiful joined together to make these clean-ups a reality.  Nearly 15,000 cigarette butts were collected and counted in three block segments along both city corridors. Over 20 new trees & 80 new perennials were planted to enhance the revitalization efforts.  6 new murals were painted and 1 ton of litter was picked-up!

These clean-ups could not have been possible without the help of Altria’s great volunteers and leadership.  If you have not seen all the great work these 2 events accomplished, I encourage you to go see the 4 murals along Broad Street between Belvidere and 6th and the 2 giant panel murals under the 95 overpass on the Boulevard near the Diamond, along with all the great new trees and plants.

Please do your part to keep our great city beautiful…DON’T LITTER!  Remember; cigarette butts, plastic bottles, & food wrappers are all trash.  Please dispose of them properly.  Don’t let all the hard work of these volunteers go to waste…do your part  and KEEP VIRGINIA BEAUTIFUL!