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Looking for a place to clean up?
A number of cleanups in honor of Earth Day, April 22, will be going on throughout the area on Saturday.
The Olde Main Street business improvement district will be cleaning sidewalks, parking lots and business facades, starting at 10 a.m. today at Whitney Park, 800 Main St. Volunteers are asked to bring their own supplies. For more information, call Sue Bessert, Olde Main Street Program Manager, 437-1824.
The 14th annual River/Bay Clean Up to remove trash and garbage in the city's greenspaces and along its waterways will begin at 9 a.m., rain or shine, at the following parks and greenspaces in Green Bay:
The Ken Euers Nature Area, North end of Military Avenue, Howard
Bay Beach Park
Joannes Park
Fox River Trail (at Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce or Fox Point Boat Landing)
East River Resch Family Trail, Bellevue
Green Isle Park, East Greene Avenue, Allouez
Nicolet Square, De Pere
Voyageur Park, Front Street, De Pere
Volunteers can also meet up and pick up at the park of their choice.
Wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. Volunteers are asked to supply their own bags and gloves, although a limited supply will be available at meeting sites.
The event is sponsored by the Lower Fox Basin Partner Team.
For more information, call Rama Zenz at the Brown County Land Conservation Department, 391-4637, or e-mail her at [email protected]. A post cleanup rally will be 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Neville Public Museum, 210 Museum Place.
The event will feature free refreshments, a tank filled with fish from the Fox River and other educational displays and a presentation at 12:30 p.m. by Paul Wozniak, a local author and environmental historian.
For information about the rally, call Kendra Axness, University of Wisconsin-Extension Basin Educator for Natural Resources, 715-582-1002 or e-mail her at [email protected].
Green Bay Scuba Shop has organized a trash removal both along the shoreline and under water, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at the park next to the Municipal Boat Launch in Algoma. Volunteers will get a free chili lunch following the cleanup.
The event is sponsored by Green Bay Scuba Shop, JAG Signs, Piggly Wiggly of Algoma, Denny's Supervalue, Onyx Waste Services, Algoma Record Herald and La Crosse Premium Water.
Call Green Bay Scuba for more information, 498-8499.