Team Effort to Clean Up Downtown

Nearly sixty volunteers came out to pick up litter and participate in the third annual Project Pride Clean up.

Neighborhood residents, members of Bradford City police, fire and public works departments, the Parks Department and City Council all worked side by side cleaning up Bradford’s Project Pride Neighborhood and the Historic District.

A citywide tire collection was also part of this year’s event. The tire crew was able to collect one thousand tires, saving residents $5,000.00. Enough tires were collected to fill an entire tractor trailer supplied by Buffalo Fuel Corp in conjunction with Lakin Tire and Firestone. This is the third year that tires have been disposed of free of charge and it proved to be the largest net to date. This service is provided by national sponsors of Keep America Beautiful in an ongoing effort to remove and recycle discarded tires in communities across the country.

“Each year we find more and more tires as part of our effort. It is amazing to see the numbers of discarded tires polluting our landscape. The amount of litter collected has steadily decreased each year, but the number of tires is still climbing. Mayor Riel decided to make this a citywide initiative in an effort to deal with another quality of life issue for residents,” said Lisa Campogiani, City of Bradford Elm Street Manager. “This year also had a special emphasis on cleaning up Main Street as well as a separate clean up with School Street Elementary students on Friday. It is very exciting to see this effort growing and spinning off additional clean up efforts.” Campogiani added.

(Photos courtesy of Lisa Campogiani)