At the March 24, 2017 City Council Meeting, Keep Lubbock Beautiful Staff Liaison Raquel Mullen along with Stuart Walker, Director of City of Lubbock Code Enforcement presented an update on neighborhood clean-up events along with the upcoming Tech to Town event.
1. 2017 Update:
Neighborhood Clean-ups
and Tech to Town
Participating City Organizations:
• Solid Waste...Penny Morin
• Keep Lubbock Beautiful (KLB)…Raquel Mullen
• Code Administration…Stuart Walker
2. Scheduling a Clean-up
Contact:
• Raquel Mullen
• 775-3149
City will provide:
• Gloves
• Trash Bags
• Trash Picker Tools
• Roll off Containers
3. Previously Held Events in 2017
Week of February 20th through February 24th
• Retention Lake, 50th Street and Avenue A
• Solid Waste and Codes Administration
Saturday, March 4th
• Habitat for Humanity…N. Guava Housing Development
Week of March 13th through March 17th
STAR Program
• Chatman Hill
• Dunbar/Manhattan
March 21st and 22nd
• Retention Lake, 50th Street and Avenue A
• Solid Waste and Codes Administration
4. Scheduled Clean-ups
Saturday, March 25th
• Arnett Benson Neighborhood
• Parkway-Cherry Point Neighborhood
• Bean Neighborhood (Lubbock Dream Center)
Saturday, April 8th (Tentative)
• Guadalupe and Mahon Neighborhoods
Saturday, April 22nd
• Tech to Town
Saturday, April 29th (Tentative)
• Jackson Neighborhood
Saturday, May 13th (Tentative)
• Bean Neighborhood
Saturday, May 20th
• Heart of Lubbock
5. Tech to Town
Saturday, April 22nd
Sponsoring Organizations:
• Texas Tech University
• Student Government Association
• Office of the President
• City of Lubbock
• Offices of the Mayor and City
Council
• Office of the City Manager
• Solid Waste
• Keep Lubbock Beautiful
• Code Administration
• Citibus
• Parks
6. Proposed Projects for Tech to Town
McAllister Park
• 200 Volunteers
Canyon Lake System (Lake 3)
• 150 Volunteers
Canyon Lake System (Lake 6)
• 2 Clean-up Projects
• 300 Volunteers (150 at each location)
Neighborhood Clean-up
• Neighborhood to be Determined
• 50 Volunteers
7. Tentative Schedule of Events
8:00 am Volunteer Check-in Begins
8:45 am Program Begins
Welcome/Comments
TTU President Lawrence Schovanec
Lubbock Mayor Daniel M. Pope
9:30 am Load Buses and Depart for Project Sites
10:00 am Arrive at Project Sites
12:00 pm Volunteers Return to Campus
12:30 pm Closing Ceremony and Lunch
1:30 pm Tech to Town Administrative Staff Wrap-up
2:00 pm TTU Baseball vs. Oklahoma State
