Next Saturday: 3 ways to help clean up West Seattle (& beyond)

(WSB photo from March 2010 Fairmount Ravine cleanup)
With an announcement we received tonight, there are now three notable cleanup events scheduled for next Saturday. The newest one happens just once a year, in the Fairmount Ravine, where neighbors already have noted lots of trash as well as spray cans from graffiti vandals:

Fairmount Ravine Preservation Group will sponsor the 19th Annual Spring Cleanup and Reforestation of Fairmount Ravine, Saturday March 19th. Gather at 8:30 for delicious Tully’s coffee and hot cocoa along with donuts. Cleanup is usually completed within two hours. Meet your friends and neighbors at the top of the ravine (Forest St. and Fairmount Ave., just east of Hiawatha Park). Beware that currently there is utility construction at this intersection. You can walk through the intersection but need to park nearby. Wear boots and gloves. Bring a pruning saw if interested in removing ivy from trees.

We extend a special invitation to those who use the ravine to access the waterfront; please donate an hour of your time to keep this greenbelt healthy and pristine. More info – call John at 932-5151.

(The aforementioned intersection is the one where a sinkhole revealed a big pipe problem. Underground work has wrapped up, tipster Craig tells us, but there’s still road repair ahead.)

The other two cleanups next Saturday both have been announced here already – Admiral Neighborhood Association‘s Adopt-A-Street quarterly cleanup, meeting at 9 am Saturday (3/19) at Metropolitan Market (WSB sponsor), and the first effort of what was dubbed “Clean Up Your Act Seattle” when we reported it here six weeks ago, but has since changed to “Keep Seattle Beautiful” – they’re focusing first on South Seattle, meeting at 8111 First Avenue South (map), between West Seattle and South Park, 10 am next Saturday (here’s the Facebook event page).

2 Replies to "Next Saturday: 3 ways to help clean up West Seattle (& beyond)"

  • Mack March 13, 2011 (9:28 am)

    Are there any electronic recycling events coming up?

    • WSB March 13, 2011 (9:36 am)

      On April 3rd, Fauntleroy Church is having another one of their popular drop-off-your-recyclables events. Their website seems to be down at the moment so I can’t point you to the full list there, but here’s what is on our events calendar https://westseattleblog.com/events – as sent to us recently by the church:
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      “The Green Committee at Fauntleroy Church UCC is again offering to rid the neighborhood of tons of recyclable computers, monitors, appliances, bicycles, phones – pretty much you name it. Bring your stuff to the church parking lot Sunday, April 3, 10 AM – 3 PM, and 1 Green Planet will take it away, break it down locally, and recycle everything responsibly”
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      Fauntleroy Church is across from the old schoolhouse, 9131 California SW (which is not a continuation of the California straightaway – easiest way to get there is take 35th to Barton, turn west and head downhill – after one big bend the street briefly becomes California). – TR

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