{"id":67961,"date":"2016-05-02T22:09:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T02:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67961"},"modified":"2016-05-01T21:14:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T01:14:04","slug":"city-of-utica-great-american-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=67961","title":{"rendered":"City of Utica Great American Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"unnamed<\/a>Once again the City of Utica participated in the Keep America Beautiful \u2013 Great American Cleanup.<\/p>\n

In the past few days over 200 volunteers were out on the streets of Utica sprucing up the City.\u00a0 They collected 400 bags of trash and litter as well as truckloads of green waste.\u00a0Volunteer efforts such as this are what make Utica A great place to live, work and raise a family.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your help and dedication to the City of Utica!<\/p>\n

\"unnamed<\/a>Thursday, April 22, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Thursday volunteers from the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugee were out cleaning the neighborhood .<\/p>\n

They cleaned from South Street at Park Avenue to Genesee and then all streets in between down to Hobart, the Kopernik Park, Oneida Square area, library, refugee center, Thea Bowman, State to William, and they cleaned and \"unnamed<\/a>prepped the Unity South garden on Park Avenue, the Cornerstone Church garden on Kirkland.<\/p>\n

Older refugees who could not do outside work planted marigolds indoors to be used to beautify the gardens.<\/p>\n

Friday April 23, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleaning up – the HomeOwnership Center kicked off Earth Day Clean Up\u00a0 with a Downtown cleanup with Mix 102.5<\/a> \"unnamed<\/a>at the Landmarc Building.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend a number of groups and individuals were out on the street across the City of Utica starting at 9:00am<\/span> Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n