As a continuing part of Fall River's "Clean and Green" Initiative, Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr., along with Public Works Director Kenneth Pacheco, announced several post-winter cleanup and improvement efforts on April 18, 2007. The City has coordinated collective cleanups in targeted areas in conjunction with neighborhood groups and community organizations who will help to remove sand and litter from the streets and sidewalks. The city will also resume its street sweeping program and the restoration of planters along Plymouth Avenue. Neighborhood cleanups are planned in the Sandy Beach Neighborhood, the Cook Pond area, Corky Row, Bank Street and the Lower Highland Downtown and Maplewood neighborhoods. "I am asking everyone to take pride in our great city," said Lambert, "because, if we work together, we can make a difference." 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. Click here for the Herald News article about the announcement.
 

(Top row, left) City Councilor Al Alves underscores the Mayor's request for citizen involvement in the cleanup efforts. (Top row, center) Dept. of Public Works Director Ken Pacheco outlines the steps the city is taking to get the city in better shape. (Top row, right) Mayor Lambert thanks the neighborhood groups for getting involved in the annual effort as well as all those who have pitched in each year. (Middle row, left and right) City Council President Bill Whitty and City Councilor Pat Casey share some lighter moments during the press conference. (Bottom row, left, center and right) Corky Row Neighborhood Association leader Rev. John Hopkins, Maplewood Neighborhood Association President Jeanne Santos and Flint Village West Neighborhood Association President Cathy Assad pledge the support of their respective organizations in the effort.

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