Posted in Arts, Downtown Lowell, Museum
Zoar Outdoor presents Whitewater Rafting in Lowell! Reservations are now open for rafting trips taking place every weekend in April & May at 9am and 1pm. Take in this amazing outdoor urban adventure right in the heart of the Mill City. More information: www.lowelllandtrust.org
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Mr. Marchand explains…
You may have noticed that litter barrels are being removed from neighborhood business districts. Their removal is part of a spring “cleaning and consolidation” effort currently underway. Barrels are being taken to the Public Works department where they are power washed prior to being replaced. Broken receptacles will be discarded. Removing clusters of barrels all at once makes their cleaning and servicing more efficient. The goal is to reduce the overall number of litter barrels and to re-deploy them strategically to provide adequate coverage and to minimize staff time spent on servicing them. Over the years the number of barrels has grown to approximately 300. Some are underutilized and some are broken. A few have been used for the disposal of household and commercial trash. Based on DPW assessments of usage in various districts, we will identify best locations for replacement. We expect the total number to be reduced significantly and service times to be improved. We will also monitor them more closely as some have been being used for disposal of commercial and household trash. Interestingly, we have had a few businesses who have offered to maintain a barrel near their shop. While we got a jump on executing this program as soon as spring arrived, Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding this effort.
Henri B. Marchand Assistant to the City Manager
Thanks to Sam for being the first person I heard from that noticed these lights…and to TonyC at richardhowe.com for posting this video!
Posted in Community Issues, Downtown Lowell, National Park Service, NPS, Traffic, Trollet
The Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association is planning a spring clean up for Saturday April 23, 9 AM to Noon – focusing on Mack Plaza, the Victorian Garden and Dutton St. The city will be street sweeping later (where there is no parking).
Keep Lowell Beautiful is providing brooms, shovels and rakes. They have some gloves. Please bring your bags for trash. We compost leave in the Victorian garden. KLB has some clear bags for recyclables.
If you want to borrow brooms and shovels for your area, let me know. KLB may be able to help. The City will pick up bags on Monday if they are accessible to a dump truck. Don’t over fill the bags they have to be throw up onto the truck which is about 6 feet up. Try composting the organic material and bag the trash.
Stephen Greene
greenesh@comcast.net
