Volunteers from the Bank Street Neighborhood Association joined forces with volunteers from the United Way and a crew from the City Department of Public Works (DPW) to tidy-up the area bounded by Seabury, Pine, High and Franklin Streets. This project was part of Fall River's "Clean and Green" Initiative, announced by Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr. in 2004 and recently publicized during an April 18th news conference. The Bank Street Neighborhood Association brings people living in the neighborhood together for projects such as the neighborhood crime watch. Call the Department of Public Works at 508-324-2585 for information about how the city can assist residents with their own planned cleanup projects.
 

(Top row, left and center) Volunteers Fern Souza and Troy Bergeron hold a trash bag open for Natalie Melo, President of the Bank Street Neighborhood Association. (Top row, right) Bank Street Association volunteer Dave Melo shovels dirt from the gutter into the waiting disposal truck. (Middle row, left) Fall River Department of Public Works employee Roy Resendes tosses a garbage bag into a truck full of items removed from the neighborhood. (Middle row, center) Sue Bergeron holds Emily Noversa's hand while pausing to chat with Jamie Boulay. (Middle row, right) DPW crew members John Botelho and Alan Pinel shovel up dirt while neighbor Paul Barao watches. (Bottom row, left) Jenn Boulay tidies up the sidewalk near her house. (Bottom row, left) DPW workers Mario Rodrigues watches as Roy Resendes heads to the truck with another shovel full of dirt. (Bottom row, right) Jamie and Jenn Boulay thanks DPW supervisor Paul Chasse (in his truck) for his crew's help with the project.