News Details (Posted: October 1, 2008):

Sat, Oct 4 Big Sweep

Full Description:

9am-1pm Gold Park Construction Site. Help ensure Hillsborough’s watersheds are free of litter. To receive orange garbage bags, gloves and safety vests for a cleanup, contact Hackett at 245-2588 or thackett@co.orange.nc.us or Public Works Supervisor Ken Hines at 732-1270 Ext. 78 or ken.hines@hillsboroughnc.org. Hines will arrange for collection of the filled orange garbage bags within town limits. Safety tips and letters or certificates for those needing community service hours also are available. This will be the third year that Hillsborough has participated in N.C. Big Sweep. The town will provide a truck and Public Works employees to pick up the trash collected. For more information or to sign up for the town’s Big Sweep, contact Hackett. N.C. Big Sweep started 20 years ago as a component of the International Coastal Cleanup and has grown into a statewide effort to clean up litter and to educate the public. Gold Park is located at 415 Dimmocks Mill Road, west of Allison Street. It is in the sharp curve of Dimmocks Mill Road, just south of the railroad trestle. The public is encouraged not to visit the site at other times during construction because of associated hazards.