The morning of May 10th was gray and drizzly, but that didn’t stop a good turnout of Copperstone residents, including three council members, for the first Copperstone Community Cleanup Day. You can see the notice for the event below.
After assembling and gathering our tongs, pickers, brooms and buckets, we split off into several groups and worked our way around and through the Copperstone complex, picking up assorted bits of trash, cigarette butts, as well as some more unusual items like old advertising signs, chunks of metal and more. In the end, we filled multiple buckets with garbage, leaving the complex and surrounding area much tidier than before.
Thanks to everyone who took part and to council member Ben who spearheaded the idea, and took part. The only improvements for next time would be:
- More photos! Everyone was too busy cleaning. There are worse problems, I suppose. 🙂
- More notice! We actually had good turnout with the relatively short notice, but more notice is better.
- Agree on a rendezvous point at the end, so we can get everyone in the group photo. Next time!
Council member Jeff spent his time fixing the corner of one of the courtyard planters that had faced the back (or front) end of one too many vehicles.
Ironically, Jeff fixed it again exactly one week later when it got run into again. It now has a pole next to it with reflective tape. Hopefully this helps!
