On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. the Solid Waste, Parks and Beautification, and Public Works Departments will meet at L.H. Williams Elementary School (325 Pursley Street) to clean up the Historic Pleasant Hill Neighborhood. Crews will focus on clearing illegal dumping, picking up litter, and cutting the grass along the right-of-ways. This joint cleanup is part of our ongoing Clean Streets Matter campaign. 

“I hope this shows our community we haven’t forgotten about this area since we started the Clean Streets Matter program,” said Public Works Director Tim Wilder. “We kicked off the initiative here, and we’re going to keep coming back to help make sure the area remains clean.” 

“Collaboration is important for neighborhood cleanups because of the variety of tasks that need to be completed. Solid Waste has the equipment for larger debris piles, while Parks and Beautification and Public Works specialize in litter removal, street sweeping, and right-of-way mowing,” said Parks and Beautification Director Michael Glisson. 

“There’s been a renewed focus by community agencies to revitalize Pleasant Hill, and this is one way we, as the consolidated government, can support that work,” says County Manager Dr. Keith Moffett. “From United Way to the Community Enhancement Authority to Habitat for Humanity and more, we are all working together because Macon matters. 

Our Clean Streets Matter initiative began on Friday, January 15. Since that effort: 

· Crews from Macon-Bibb County cleaned more than 2.6 million pounds of debris from more than 270 illegal dump sites;

· The Macon Water Authority has swept 881,000 pounds of dirt, leaves, pine straw, and litter from more than 90 miles of road; and

· More than 3.6 million pounds of yard waste has been collected.

For complete results of Clean Streets Matter, to see before and after pictures, and to report issues in your neighborhood visit www.maconbibb.us/cleanstreetsmatter.