Join in Columbia Cleanup Day on Sat, March 21 in nine villages

You’ll be amazed — and proud! — at what you and neighbors can accomplish in just a few hours, making the environment healthier and Columbia even more beautiful.

Columbia Cleanup Day will take place on Saturday, March 21 with volunteers simultaneously picking up trash that has accumulated at open space locations in nine of Columbia’s villages. (There will not be a cleanup event in Dorsey’s Search on March 21.)

This is the 11th year that Columbia Cleanup Day has been held since 2009. People who would like to participate can show up at the meeting locations. The meeting locations and cleanup areas are:

• Harper’s Choice: Meet at Swansfield Neighborhood Center (5659 Cedar Lane). Clean the open space area along the pathway that runs behind Swansfield WaterPark north to Harpers Farm Road. Cleanup is scheduled from 9am-noon.
• Hickory Ridge: Meet at Clary’s Forest Pool (11615 Little Patuxent Parkway). Clean the open space areas between Little Patuxent Parkway and Watch Chain Way, and within the Little Patuxent Parkway loop. Cleanup is scheduled from 9:30-11am.
• Kings Contrivance: Meet at Amherst House (7251 Eden Brook Drive). Clean around Amherst House and along major roads in Kings Contrivance. Cleanup is scheduled from 10am-1pm.
• Long Reach: Meet at the cul-de-sac in the 6300 block of Tamar Drive. Clean the pathway and natural area from Tot Lot LR16 to Tot Lot LR15 (adjacent to Footed Ridge). Cleanup is scheduled from 9am-noon.
• Oakland Mills: Please call 410-730-4610 or email manager@oaklandmills.org for information.
• Owen Brown: Meet at the Lake Elkhorn parking lot on Dockside Lane lot off Cradlerock Way. Clean around Lake Elkhorn and the Forebay area. Cleanup is scheduled from 9am-noon.
• River Hill: Meet at Claret Hall in River Hill Village Center (6020 Daybreak Circle). Clean the open space area between Columbia Gym and River Hill High School. Cleanup is scheduled from 10am-noon.
• Town Center: Meet at the roundabout on Banneker Road. Clean the open space area behind Banneker Townhomes between Tot Lots TC02 and TC03. Cleanup is scheduled from 9am-noon.
• Wilde Lake: Meet at Running Brook Neighborhood Center. Cleanup is scheduled from 9am-noon.

About Columbia Association
Columbia Association (CA) manages Columbia, Maryland, a planned community that is home to more than 100,000 residents and several thousand businesses — and was named the No. 1 small city to live in by Money Magazine in 2016. Additional information about CA is available at ColumbiaAssociation.org.