Our goal is to make Lawrenceville clean and attractive, which in turn will:
- provide a positive first impression to visitors and customers and entice them to return to our neighborhood;
- reinforce that Lawrenceville is a clean and safe area in which to visit, shop, work, and live;
- discourage littering and illegal dumping; and
- make our neighborhood a pleasant, attractive place—a benefit for the entire community!
As part of this program, we’ve:
- provided free dustpans and brooms to business owners to support them in sweeping the sidewalks in front of their stores;
- started a Golden Broom Award to reward business owners who do a great job of cleaning their storefronts;
- hired weekly sidewalk sweepers;
- participated in a cigarette litter program; and
- created and distributed “Help Keep Lawrenceville Clean” posters. The poster was designed by Nate Boguszewski, a resident and graphic designer.
Business owners should contact Maya Haptas for a free broom, dustpan, or poster.
In addition, we’ve also collaborated with Lawrenceville United and City Councilman Len Bodack to coordinate and hold monthly community clean-up days. In 2007,197 volunteers picked up approximately 400 bags of trash in various sections of Lawrenceville.
The community clean-up days happen the last Saturday of every month from April through October. To make these clean-ups successful, we need as many people as possible to help. Please consider pitching in—contact Nadia Diboun to volunteer.
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