New Canaan 2023 Clean Your Mile Effort To Take Place In April

NEW CANAAN, CT — New Canaan, is joining forces with the Chamber of Commerce and Planet New Canaan for the 2023 Clean Your Mile effort.

For the last several years, the Clean Your Mile effort has included three key components, according to a news release provided by the town:

• New Canaan citizens individually tackling neighborhoods.
• Community groups scouring public spaces including parks and schools.
• The chamber's efforts with merchants to clean up sidewalks, storage areas and parking spaces surrounding the shops and restaurants in the downtown village district.

The Clean Your Mile effort is scheduled for the week of April 17-23, however residents are welcome to participate anytime, town officials said.

Individual volunteers and members of numerous community organizations help give New Canaan its annual spring cleaning, beautifying the town and environment. Youth groups and civic organizations are asked to clean the parks, parking lots, schools and public areas where they have volunteered in previous years.

"We welcome families to organize neighborhood teams to clean up roadside trash on their street," town officials said in a news release. "All help is appreciated."

Upon completion of neighborhood Clean Your Mile collection, volunteers are asked to notify the Highway Department of the location of bags for pick up by calling 203-594-3704. Volunteers are asked to secure bags for pick up and place on grassy shoulder and not along roadways, town officials said.

Garbage bags and a limited supply of grabbers for loan are available for pick up at Town Hall from the Public Works or Inland Wetlands departments. Dumpsters will be located in the train station commuter lot Friday-Sunday.

Town officials also encourage residents to work safe when cleaning roadside.