Adopt-A-Road
- Next Meeting:
- Adopt a Road is scheduled for the Saturday following Board Meetings in March, June & September. Bring your gloves and meet us at the Basketball Court at Noon.
- Board Contact:
- Melissa Harriman
- Current Members:
- All community residents
Purpose
Motivated by the desire of Pierce County residents to preserve the healthy, scenic environment our county is noted for, in November of 1992, the Pierce County Council adopted a resolution creating the Pierce County Adopt-a-Road Litter Control Program. This program creates a partnership of citizens and local government to promote civic pride and preserve our clean environment by eliminating roadside litter.
Program Overview
Approximately 110 volunteer organizations currently participate in the Adopt-a-Road Program and monitor roughly 600 miles of roadways throughout Pierce County. Volunteers take on a 2 mile stretch of county road. We loan out hardhats, vests, and signage. We also provide the litter bags and the bag pickup.
Benefits
The Adopt-a-Road Program promotes civic pride, environmental responsibility, preserves habitats, and improves motorist safety. And it saves money! Road Operations crews spend about $250,000 and many hours cleaning roadside litter and illegal dump sites each year (about 400,000 pounds of trash). Without Adopt-a-Road volunteers these numbers would be significantly higher.
Adopt-A-Road Forms and Information
Community Block Watch
- Next Meeting:
- Look to Newsletter for upcoming meeting dates.
- Board Contact:
- Dave Zimmerman
- Current Members:
- All community residents
- Crime Reports/Stats
Help keep our neighborhood safe while at the same time getting to know your neighbors.
The Block Watch is designed to work with the commitment of the community as a whole. We have divided the neighborhood into 18 divisions of 10-15 homes. Our goal is to get at least 4-5 residents in each division to join the committee and have 1 Block Captain for each division. This is a valuable resource for homeowners to be able to work together on keeping our neighborhood a safe place to live and will create a great sense of community involvement.
Blocks can work together on issues such as crime prevention, suspicious people or vehicles, abandoned vehicles, animal control, noise ordinances and other issues that are facing the community. They will be able to resolving these issues by contacting the appropriate authorities through the block watch. The group is also able to set up resources in case of an emergency.