Mayor Duffy's Clean Sweep Weeks

“Rochester's Clean Sweep...
Showing Pride in Our City”

Rochester’s Clean Sweep will soon be coming to your neighborhood. City crews will be out in force sweeping streets, removing graffiti, cleaning up City properties, repairing unsafe sidewalks and filling potholes. We’ll also be picking up garbage and bulk items as usual.

During Clean Sweep, I encourage the community to be a part of the action and help to beautify our City. Citizens can do their part by raking and bagging debris from their own yards and sidewalks and placing bulk refuse on the curb during their Clean Sweep week (see schedule below).

If you desire, we’ll help you organize a street or block-wide sweep, planting or other beautification project! We’re also inviting city schools, churches and businesses to join in the action by organizing a cleanup effort on their own properties during their Clean Sweep week.

Most of all, we need everyone to come out for our Saturday Sweeps so we can join together to clean up our streets. Participants receive a Clean Sweep t-shirt, get assigned to a team and then go out to hit the streets. Tools will be provided, but you’re encouraged to bring your own, if possible. Then we’ll meet up after for a celebration picnic.

Last year, more than 5,000 volunteers from throughout the area took part and we collected over 1,500 tons of debris. What could not be measured though, was the enhancement of our city’s beauty, and the restoration of our city’s pride. Hopefully, with your participation, we can make an even greater impact this year. Working together, we can make Rochester truly shine!

This year’s Clean Sweep schedule for EACH EVENT -
8:30-9am kickoff
9am-noon clean our streets
12noon celebration picnic

Sweep Dates & Gathering Locations (all are on Saturdays)
April 28 Southwest City Genesee Valley Park, 131 Elmwood Ave.

May 5 Northeast City Norton NET Office, 500 Norton St.

May 12 Northwest City Edgerton Park, 41 Backus St.

May 19 Southeast City East High School, 1801 E. Main St.

To Sign up visit http://www.cityofrochester.gov/mayor/cleansweep/cleansweepform.cfm
or Call 428-5990 for more information!