Planning Begins For 2019 'Clean Your Mile' In New Canaan

NEW CANAAN, CT - From Town of New Canaan: The warmer weather of spring is finally here and the next several months are ideal for spring cleaning. The Town of New Canaan, Departments of Inland Wetlands and Watercourses, Parks, Highway and Public Works are joining forces with the Chamber of Commerce and Planet New Canaan to organize New Canaan's Clean Your Mile. For the last several years, the Clean Your Mile effort has included three key components: New Canaan citizens individually tackling their neighborhoods; community groups scouring public spaces including parks and schools; and the Chamber's efforts with merchants to clean up sidewalks, storage areas and parking spaces surrounding the shops and restaurants. New this year, Planet New Canaan will be cleaning the Five Mile River area on River Street on Saturday, April 27 with Surfrider Foundation from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Volunteers are welcome to join.

The Clean Your Mile effort is scheduled for the week of April 22-April 28. More than 250 individual
volunteers and members of numerous community organizations will be asked to help give New Canaan its annual spring cleaning to help beautify our Town and environment. Parks, parking lots, schools and public areas will be designated to youth groups and civic organizations. Individuals, families or groups who are willing to clean up roadside trash on their street can email Lola Sweeney, Administrative Assistant at lola.sweeney@newcanaanct.gov or call, 203.594.3089 to sign up for a location and provide a contact email.

Garbage bags are available at either the Public Works Department or Inland Wetlands at Town Hall. Dumpsters will be located in the train station commuter lot Friday-Sunday. In addition, Public Works can be contacted at 203-594-3054 for pickup of objects too large for volunteers to remove.

In the photo, from left: Margot Bright (PNC), Kathleen Holland (Director-Inland Wetlands), Tucker Murphy (Chamber of Commerce), Robin Bates-Mason (PNC), and Tiger Mann (Director-Public Works)