Media Advisory: Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola to Kick Off the 6th Annual Citywide Cleanup in Little Rock on Saturday, March 14

Seal of Little Rock
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE :
Tuesday, Mar 10, 2015

Media Release

City of Little Rock Public Relations (501) 371-6801

Rickie Smith I 501-590-4564 l rsmith@cgwg.com


Cleanup activities planned from 8:00 a.m. to noon

WHO: Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola; host Neighborhood Associations and volunteers from Forest Hills Neighborhood Association, Hope Neighborhood Association, Love Neighborhood Association, Pine to Woodrow Neighborhood Association, Stephens-Faith Neighborhood Association, War Memorial Neighborhood Association; Members and volunteers of the following Neighborhood Associations: Allendale Neighborhood Association, Central High National Historic Site and Central High Neighborhood, Inc,  Downtown Neighborhood Association, East Little Rock Neighborhood Association, Granite Mountain Neighborhood Improvement Association, Hanger Hill Neighborhood Association, Meadowcliff/Brookwood Neighborhood Association, Oak Forest Neighborhood Association, OUR Neighborhood Association, Pettaway Neighborhood Association, St. Charles Community Association, Twin Lakes B Homeowners Association, Upper Baseline Neighborhood Association, Wakefield Community Association, West Baseline Neighborhood Association, Walnut Valley Homeowners Association Woodlands Edge Neighborhood Association and Wright Avenue Neighborhood Association; Keep Little Rock Beautiful board members and volunteers; City of Little Rock Neighborhood Alert Center volunteers and community volunteers from numerous organizations, including Watson Elementary School, Friends of Fourche Creek, Open Door Outreach, Curran Conway PARKnership & University District, Adopt-A-Street Participants, Reach Farr Y.E.S E.G.O Inc, 1st Presbyterian Church, OUR House Alumni FRESH


WHAT: 8:00 a.m. – Cleanup kickoff and Mayor Stodola’s remarks

  • Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola will kick off the 2015 Citywide Cleanup at the Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center (3805 West 12th Street)
    • Mayor Stodola will issue a proclamation about the citywide cleanup
    • Other speakers will include:
      • Leaders and volunteers with the Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center and the Neighborhood Association of the Inner City
      • Keep Little Rock Beautiful leaders

        8:30 a.m. to noon – Scheduled citywide cleanup locations and activities include:

  • Little Rock City Parks
    • Boyle Park (2000 Boyle Park Road)
    • Benny Craig Park/Fourche Creek (4610 Gum Springs Road)
  • More than 25 Little Rock Neighborhoods, including Neighborhood Association of the Inner City

Keep Little Rock Beautiful (KLRB), a certified local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, is hosting this citywide cleanup Saturday, March 14, to promote litter pickup, recycling, beautification and community improvement in the capital city. The sixth annual Great American Cleanup in Little Rock is part of the largest community improvement effort in the nation, the Great American Cleanup, which takes place annually from March 1 through May 31 and involves an estimated 3 million volunteers nationwide.

To learn more, please visit KeepLittleRockBeautiful.com, e-mail info@klrb.org or call 501-765-3530. You can also follow KLRB on Facebook.

WHEN: Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – noon 

WHY: Keep Little Rock Beautiful is a nonprofit, volunteer-based community organization dedicated to litter prevention, recycling and waste reduction, and beautification and community improvement. KLRB takes part in the city’s Adopt-A-Street program to further their commitment to city beautification. KLRB is a certified state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful Inc., the nation’s largest community-improvement organization that, for more than 50 years, has engaged individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. 

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