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Sweeping Up the Town
- Updated: April 22, 2016
Since 2009 Annual La Feria Trash Bash continues to thrive with strong community participation. Photos: La Feria Chamber of Commerce
For the seventh year, the city of La Feria continued the tradition of beautifying the downtown area with this year’s Trash Bash, held Saturday, April 9, 2016.
200 volunteers participated this year, collecting a total of approximately 75 thirty gallon trash bags of garbage and 15 bags of recycleables.
Volunteers collected trash in the various parks around town.
Check-in began at 8:00 am at the Scott Sloan Memorial Park Pavilion. Groups signed in, collected trash bags, water, gloves and their Trash Bash Safety Orange T-shirts. Volunteers cleaned around the city from 8:30 am – 11:30 am and then met back at the Scott Sloan pavilion for pizza.
Republic Services donated a roll-off container for the weekend allowing the community to discard large trash items. Cricket donated a container for the recyclables.
El Centro donated bottled water so that volunteers could stay hydrated throughout the morning.
Trash Bash Saftey Orange t-shirts where given to participants again this year.
Areas around town that were cleaned included the La Feria Nature Center, Veterans Memorial Park and Sports Complex, Scott Sloan Memorial Park, AJ Wilson Field, Central Ave – including Tiny Town Park & the Bailey H. Dunlap Memorial Library, Main Street from Pancho Maples Drive to Clark Rd., Business 83 from White Ranch Rd. to Rabb Rd., Arroyo Heights, Oleander Ave., Primrose Ave., Magnolia Ave., Jessamine Ave., Verbena Ave., Lilac Ave., Countrywood, Canal St. and 1st Street. There were two large middle school groups that cleaned from First street to 9th Street. There were also groups going from Business 83 all the way to Lilac Ave. and crisscrossing through the neighborhoods. Thanks to all that participated in continuing to keep La Feria beautiful.
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