The Neighborhood Engagement Hub is seeking volunteers to participate in Flint for a citywide cleanup day on Saturday, May 15.
During the cleanup, neighborhood groups and individual residents will be completing projects on more than 29 sites throughout the city’s nine wards.
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Photo by Neighborhood Engagement Hub
The citywide cleanup is supported through a grant from the Mott Foundation, awarded through the Foundation’s Focus on Flint initiative. Mott granted $82,147 to the Neighborhood Engagement Hub to coordinate neighborhood cleanups in Flint after asking residents to vote on how to allocate $1 million in grants to strengthen neighborhoods.
Funds awarded to the Neighborhood Engagement Hub were divided among the city’s nine wards for Saturday’s cleanup event and a fall cleanup tentatively scheduled for September 18. Each group of residents selected materials needed for their cleanup sites, including dumpsters, lawn bags, trash pickers, rakes, and other materials.
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(Photo source: Mott Foundation website)
The Neighborhood Engagement Hub is still recruiting volunteers to join cleanups at various sites throughout the city. Cleanup check-in sites are listed below. Click on the ward you wish to volunteer in for additional details and to sign up.
Ward 1: Hasselbring Park, 1002 W. Home Ave.
Ward 2: Fleming Rd. and Canniff St.
Ward 3: Martin Park, 6502 Stafford Place (Behind Martin School)
Ward 4: Washington Elementary Parking Lot, 1400 N. Vernon Ave. (Arlington between Missouri and Ohio)
Ward 5: Welch and Copeman, 809 Welch Blvd.
Ward 6: 2916 Sloan St. (behind Save A Lot)
Ward 7: Lot between Wood Land and Averill on Lippincott, 3451 Lippincott Blvd.
Ward 8: 2413 and 2417 Brown St.
Ward 9: Alvord Ave. and Fenton Rd. First Block, 4109 Fenton Rd.
The Neighborhood Engagement Hub was formed in October 2014 by a group of Flint residents seeking to empower community members to create vibrant neighborhoods. The organization’s mission is to strengthen and restore neighborhoods by providing a source for information, education, facilitation, project development, advocacy, and supportive equipment and materials.
EVM Staff can be reached at eastvillagemagazineflint@gmail.com.
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