Initiate efforts to educate the public regarding programs that provide assistance for neighborhood clean-up efforts. Such efforts could include the following:
- Provide assistance to residents to make housing and neighborhood improvements and provide training in property maintenance skills.
- Develop and organize volunteer programs (such as adopt-a-street, adopt-a-park, and neighborhood clean-up days) and/or coordinate efforts to obtain grant funding to establish community clean-up programs in neighborhoods where inadequate property maintenance is prevalent.
- Publicize Bulk Waste Days and/or explore the possibility of adding more days/increased frequency.
- Develop a list of outside funding sources that could be used for property maintenance and make this information available to all citizens, especially those in targeted low-income areas.
- Establish public educational programs and advertising campaigns to discourage littering. Education should begin at the elementary level and continue through the adult level.