Posted July 11, 2024

~ Volunteer community clean-ups slated plus the second round of 15 Neighborhood Clean-ups ~

RICHMOND, Va. –  The Department of Public Works launched a beautification and extensive clean-up campaign last month to revitalize community spaces and to provide residents and visitors with a clean, safe, and healthy environment. Using a comprehensive citywide plan, the department revved up programming across all divisions in the department’s operations portfolio to provide residents with the following enhanced services:

• Increased Litter Clean-Ups
• Graffiti Removal
• Enhanced Pavement Markings along streets classified in the high injury network (HIN)
• Sign Replacement
  
  • Updating and replacing signage in the HIN
• Streetlight Repairs
  
  • Ensuring well-lit streets for enhanced safety and visibility
• Vegetation Control
  
  • Roadside and green space maintenance along with maintaining tree wells
• Community Engagement - Together, we can all help keep Richmond clean
  
  • Encouraging volunteerism and participation with cleanup efforts across the city
  • Working with the community to provide information on upcoming clean-up opportunities. Go to: https://www.meetup.com/rva-clean-sweep/ for details and to sign up to volunteer
  • Providing residents with resources and clean-up supplies (vests, pickers and gloves) and information on how to organize an “adopt” a street, intersection, park, gateway
  • Organizing “Keep Richmond Beautiful” cleanup events with the Clean City Commission
  • Promoting environmental sustainability and coordinating recycling events
• Neighborhood Clean-Up Program – Round 2
  
  • See the schedule below and program guidelines
  • Round two kicks off July 13 for residents in the Bellevue/Ginter Park and Washington Park neighborhoods

Neighborhood Clean-Up Program – Details for the 2nd Cycle/Round 2:

• The Neighborhood Clean-Up Program offers residents in each of the designated 15 neighborhood zones across city with free curbside bulk and brush pickups between July 13 and November 2
• Select Saturdays, July 13 through November 2 (see the schedule with dates and locations below)
• All clean-ups are from 8 a.m. until Noon (rain or shine)
  
  • Residents should place items out Friday evening or by 6 a.m. on Saturday
• DPW crews will collect items curbside and in alleys (wherever trash is normally placed to be collected)
• Residents can use the DPW Service Finder to verify clean-up dates for their neighborhood

Examples of acceptable bulk items include:

• Furniture, mattresses, tires (four per household), appliances and brush (all brush must be cut into four-foot lengths and bundled)

Items NOT collected include:

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• Electronics, construction debris, hazardous waste items and broken glass

Note: In addition to Neighborhood Clean-Up Program, residents can also place bulk and brush items out for collection during the bi-weekly bulk and brush collection which coincides with the recycling schedule.

For information on the department go to www.rva.gov/public-works or send an email to  AskPublicWorks@rva.gov.

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.