Dozens Of Volunteers Pick Up 150 Bags Of Trash In Concord: Follow-Up

CONCORD, NH — Dozens of volunteers worked to pick up trash during Saturday’s “opportunity corridor” cleanup effort in Concord.

The initiative was put together by Jeff Foote, a first-term Concord city councilor for Ward 10, after looking at the side of the Interstate 93 highway on his commute to work in Bedford and realizing that not only did the areas need to be cleaned up, but it was a bad look for the city.

The cleanup was not easy. One person, who primarily worked in the area between Exit 13 and The Common Man, called the process “brutal.”

Foote was pleased with the outcome of the effort — more than 150 bags of trash were picked up between Exit 13 and Exit 15 by the volunteers in about 90 minutes.

“It was a very nice effort by many people,” Foote said. “We made great progress towards a monumental effort and there’s a consensus by many who attended that we need to do this more regularly.”

Foote said four other city councilors also helped out: Michele Horne, who represents Ward 2, Jennifer Kretovic of Ward 3, Ward 5 City Councilor Stacey Brown, and Jim Schlosser, who represents Ward 7.

“Hopefully,” he said, “the people who frequent Exits 15 and 13 will appreciate what volunteers did on Saturday.”

Deputy Chiefs Barrett Moulton and Steven Smagula were very instrumental in the effort as well, Foote said. Police ensured no sharp objects or needles were in the areas volunteers were cleaning.

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