Activities and Events
Great American Cleanup™ in Little Rock
The 2013 Cleanup will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 8:00 until noon
Join KLRB, Neighborhood Associations and volunteer groups in Little Rock to organize cleanup efforts. You can get involved by contact us at: info@klrb.org or call us 765-3530 and leave a message.
Neighborhoods Associations (NA) and Parks Cleanup Locations (as of 3/7/13)
Allendale NA
Breckenridge NA/Butler Park
College Station NA/College Station Progressive League
Curran Conway Park/AR Interfaith Alliance, Fair Park NA and University Disrict
Downtown (I30 to Chester, Markham to I430)
East LR Alert Center
Forest Hills NA
Fourche Creek/Benny Craig Park
Goodwill NA
Grace Temple Baptist Church/Meadowcliff Elementary
Granite Mountain NA
John Barrow NA/Kiwanis Park/Union Park/36th Roundabout
Junction Bridge/Clinton Bridge/KNLRB
Longley Church
Love NA
Meadowcliff-Brookwood NA/Hindman Park
Montagne Court POA
Murray Park
New Africa Property Owners Ass’n
Oak Forest Community Garden
Our NA
Pettaway NA and Pettaway Park — Kick Off Site
Pine to Woodrow
Pleasant Valley
Sanctuary of Praise Church
St Johns Missionary Baptist Church/ 1920 E 6th/Cheetam Park
Stephens Area Faith NA
Twin Lakes “A” Homeowners Association
Twin Lakes “B” Homeowners Association
West Baseline NA
Walnut Valley HA/Walnut Valley Park
Westwood NA/Westwood Park
Woodlands Edge (WEEDS)
Wright Avenue NA
Yorkwood NA
Schools
Central High School
JA Fair High School
Mabelvale Middle School
McCellan High School
Cloverdale Intermediate School
Others
I-430 (Col. Glenn to Stagecoach) Kiwanis Club of Pulaski Heights
2012 Cleanup Results
997 volunteers contributed 3,218 hours
29.24 tons or 58,480 pounds of litter and trash were collected
106 miles of city streets were picked up
220 acres of City Parks were cleaned up
5 sites were beautified
2011 Cleanup Results:
996 Volunteers contributed 1,958 hours.
44.48 tons or 88,960 pounds of litter and trash were collected.
Approximately 664 city blocks were cleaned.
29 City parks were cleaned
4 miles of waterways were cleaned
7 site were beautified.
envision LITTLE ROCK 2013 ideas competition
The Why: In honor of the 100 year anniversary of John Nolen’s 1913 document Report on a Park System for Little Rock, the 2013 ENVISION Competition seeks to challenge design professionals and the public to generate imaginative ideas about the future of a neglected and disconnected site in downtown Little Rock. This competition strives to promote engaging, iconic, and transformative ideas to creat a new gateway into the city that will inspire, direct, and connect.
For The Where, When and Who visit this web site envision LR 2013
Annual Litter Index Survey
By assessing the types of litter in our community, this tool helps us determine the types of community-improvement programs we need in order to achieve the results we desire. By consistent use of this index, we can track overall progress and show hard evidence of successful community enhancement. The index also allows us to target areas of the community where we need to focus our efforts to get more community involvement in the Adopt-A-Street and other cleanup programs.
Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
Twelve ash recepticles have been purchased and install by KLRB in the River Market area and the 1400 block of S. Main. Pocket ashtrays have been distributed to smokers in Little Rock. To find out how to purchase some of these recepticles for you business or neighborhood, contact us at info@klrb.org.
Adopt-A-Street
Keep Little Rock Beautiful partners with the City of Little Rock’s Public Works’ Adopt-A Street Program. This in an opportunity to beautify the city by volunteering to pick up litter and trash on selected streets. There are many streets in need of adoption. Keep Little Rock Beautiful targets streets identified in the Annual Litter Survey as the “Most Littered” and actively seeks out volunteers to adopt those in need.
Volunteers and groups identify a street (3-7 blocks or more) and pick up litter and trash at least 6 times per year. Public Works provides lists of available streets, signage, safety vests and litter bags, and scheduled pick up of trash collected. To get involved contact Keep Little Rock Beautiful at info@klrb.org or 501-765-3530 or Little Rock Public Works Adopt-A-Street Program at 501-371-4808.
Earth Day Events
April events bring awareness of the impacts of our lives on the environment. KLRB joins with others in the community to educate about litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling, community improvement, and community involvement.
America Recycles Day – November 15
Great Arkansas Cleanup
A fall, statewide effort headed up by Keep Arkansas Beautiful to promote neighborhood and community cleanups. Contact us if your neighborhood would like to participate.