City Council member Ralph Rodriguez, along with city and local officials, announced Hot Spot Saturdays at city hall.
This summer, a community event will tackle a hot city issue.
Harrisburg City Council member Ralph Rodriguez and Mayor Wanda Williams on Monday announced this year’s Hot Spot Saturdays, an effort to address illegal dumping.
“The message is: we don’t want your waste any longer,” Rodriguez said, at a city hall press conference.
The cleanups, which the city has hosted for several years, utilize volunteers help to clean up hot spots for illegal trash dumping across the city. With equipment provided by the city, volunteers will clean alongside public works employees. The city has also partnered with LCSWMA for disposal, at no cost to the city, Rodriguez said.
In the past three years of Hot Spot Saturdays, volunteers have cleaned up about 200 tons of trash, Rodriguez added.
Director of Public Works Dave West also shared that the city continues attempting to catch illegal dumpers by utilizing cameras in hot spots.
This year’s Hot Spot Saturdays will take place at the following locations, with the following partners, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.:
- May 16—Allison Hill cleanup, Wildheart Ministries, meetup at 333 S. 13th St.
- June 27—South Side cleanup, Dauphin County Recycling Center/Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), meetup at 1710 Hanover St.
- June 25—Shipoke cleanup, Capital Region Water, meetup at 547 S. Front St.
- 29—Midtown cleanup, Friends of Midtown, meetup at 1830 N. 5th St.
- 19—Uptown cleanup, Camp Curtin YMCA, meetup at 600 Woodbine St.
“A clean city does not happen by accident,” Williams said. “It happens when people decide that pride still matters.”
For more information, visit the city’s website.
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