Volunteers set to clean up streets in Albany and Dougherty County

ALBANY — Two major “litter expeditions” of the annual Great American Cleanup will wrap up the week with an eye toward making Albany and Dougherty County a cleaner place to live.

According to Judy Bowles, executive director of Keep Albany-Doughery Beautiful, more than 100 city and county employees, department heads and elected officials, including Mayor Dorothy Hubbard, will muster at 9 a.m. Friday outside the Government Center, 222 Pine Ave., before moving out to beautify the community.

“This will be a dress-down day for them so they can be comfortable in their t-shirts while setting an example for the rest of us,” Bowles said. “The theme this year is ‘beauty dies where litter lies.’”

On Saturday, more than 2,000 volunteer “litter-gitters” will settle over the county landscape, trying to break last year’s mark of 28 tons of trash collected over a 125 miles of roadside. The movement continues to seek volunteers for the project, Bowles said, and those not already on a team are urged to join with City Commissioner Jon Howard’s group at 9 a.m. on Saturday in the 100 block of of Lexington Drive.

“How our community looks is a reflection on everyone who lives here,” Bowles said. “We encourage our citizens to come out and help us beautify, and also to keep their areas picked up all year.”

For additional information contact Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful at (229) 430-5257.