Beautification Edition - 1736 Magazine, Summer 2019

Cups, cans and straws litter
a median on the 800 block of
Broad Street. [DAMON CLINE/
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Her group, which is housed within the
city’s Environmental Services department,
also has been reaching out to nonprofits
and agencies providing services to the
homeless, who often leave behind trash on
sidewalks and in business doorways when
they can’t get into a shelter for the night.
“We talk to them about using the trash
cans,” Anderson said. “A lot of them
didn’t think about it or didn’t care. But just
talking to them and getting to know them
has helped out a whole lot.”
VOLUNTEER PICKER-UPPERS
Although cleaning city streets is largely
a municipal responsibility, Keep Augusta
Beautiful is seeking volunteers to help
patrol downtown for litter.
The most active and successful downtown
volunteer group, Operation Clean
City, was created more than four years
before Anderson’s program was created.
The well-organized group, founded by
former downtown resident Glen Ford,
picks up trash once a week along Broad
Street from the 500 block to the 1000
block.
The group, which includes a mix of
residents, downtown business owners and
active-duty Navy volunteers from Fort
Gordon, goes out on Sunday mornings –
when litter from bars and nightclubs has
peaked.
“It’s a really good group, and they’re
very passionate about cleaning up the
city,” said Anderson, who is trying to
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