HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2019-03-15 Keep Leesburg Beautiful
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
March 15, 2019
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Public Information Assistant
lkosin@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
“Keep Leesburg Beautiful” Annual Community Clean Up
Campaign Begins April 1st
Leesburg, VA (March 15, 2019) – The Town
of Leesburg’s 15th annual “Keep Leesburg
Beautiful” community clean-up and
beautification campaign will begin on April
1, 2019, and will run the entire month of
April. Mayor Kelly Burk and other Town
officials will officially kick off the event on
Saturday, April 6, at Raflo Park, beginning
at 10:30 a.m.
Keep Leesburg Beautiful is an opportunity for the public to get involved in cleaning up the
Town. Residents, neighborhood and community groups, and businesses are encouraged to
participate by forming teams to collect litter along roadsides, stream beds, and other public
common areas. Groups and individuals interested in participating should visit the Town of
Leesburg website at www.leesburgva.gov/KLB for details about how to volunteer and
suggestions for litter collection locations. The Town of Leesburg will provide safety vests, gloves
and trash bags and will collect the filled bags and larger items like tires and appliances.
Another way in which residents can get involved is by doing storm sewer inlet inventories.
Doing an inventory is as easy as taking a walk around your neighborhood. The Public Works and
Capital Projects Department will provide maps and inventory forms. Volunteers note on the
inventory forms any inlets that are blocked or need repair and return the forms to the town.
Street Division crews are dispatched to fix the problems identified.
“Blocked inlets are a primary cause of localized street and yard flooding during rainstorms,”
explained Renée LaFollette, Director of Public Works and Capital Projects. “With over 6,000
storm sewer inlets in the Town, Town staff are hard-pressed to inspect every inlet, so these
volunteer efforts go a long way to improving the performance of our storm water management
system.”
For more information about the storm drain inventory program, including how to sign up, visit
the Town website at www.leesburgva.gov/KLB.
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