Comments on: First PoP Monthly Cleanup Kicked Ass

By: CH_IN_NW

CH_IN_NW — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:25:13 +0000

I tip my hat to all the volunteers! Thank you for taking time from other activities to make a difference in the neighborhood!

What a difference a number of years can make. In the old days, we were able to collect several thousand beer cans, a gun, broken glass from the smashed windows from cars, crack packets, and a whole host of other things. The city is a whole lot cleaner!

By: DC_Chica

DC_Chica — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:13:05 +0000

Can someone remind me what kind of tree that is in the center of Grant Circle? Someone driving by during the cleanup asked me, and I couldn’t remember.

By: Jimmy D

Jimmy D — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:22:37 +0000

Good times indeed. Picked up more cigarette butts than I could have ever imagined, with a nice sprinkling of the Black&Mild plastic tips – smoking is so cool. Jocelyn led myself and Leslie on a nice trip up Georgia Avenue in front of the Safeway too.

I think it would have been interesting to see how many pounds of trash we picked up. Anybody care to bring a scale next time?

By: THNAK YOU!

THNAK YOU! — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:09:05 +0000

Excellent work! The street looks amazing.

By: Markus

Markus — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:52:11 +0000

I had some things to take care of that morning, but driving home arond 11:30 on Saturday I was tremendously impressed by all the yellow bag-toting cleaner-uppers. Nice work! Thanks!

By: christopher

christopher — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:13:13 +0000

it was a wendys bag filled with weave, covered in ketchup. delicious!

already looking forward to the next clean up

By: Kalia

Kalia — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:11:21 +0000

This was actually a really fun time! It was great meeting new people and the conversation made the walk go by really fast. You would be surprised what kinds of things end up on the street. I picked up this old grey piece of crumpled cardboard only to realize it had a face and was actually roadkill- ok well no big surprise that was in the street…but my roommate found a mcdonalds bag filled with weave!

By: StubsDC

StubsDC — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:00:43 +0000

I ended up driving by an hour after we finished and DPW had already picked up our trash bags. Hooray! Note to self – next time we’re recruiting someone with a small pickup to be our water and sunscreen runner.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:35:36 +0000

I had a wedding that day and couldn’t go. But I made a point to drive the length of New Hampshire between Grant Circle and the metro later that day and was really amazed by the difference! Nice work!