Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Tuesday will launch the city's Clean Community Competition, a block-by-block effort to rid neighborhoods of trash and to boost recycling.
City officials and the Department of Public Works are challenging neighborhoods to spruce up the city. They are asking communities to join them in tackling sanitation problems and set a new standard for clean in Baltimore. All official community associations are eligible to participate in the friendly competition and vie for cash prizes that will benefit their neighborhoods.
Registration runs through April 9. The work begins when the competition kicks off April 21; it continues through Oct. 19.
Judges will rate participation in several categories including recycling tonnage, increased household participation in recycling and use of trash cans and decreased requests for alley and street cleaning. Communities will receive extra credit for adopting vacant lots and clearing storm drains.
For more information, call 410-545-6189.
Mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com