Sweet Home residents rid themselves of more than 360 cubic yards of garbage last month during a citywide dump collection.
The City of Sweet Home’s new “Sweet Home Initiative for Neighborhood Enhancement and Standards” (S.H.I.N.E.) brought out the big dumpsters for an eight-day run at various locations throughout town last month.
Residents were invited to take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of their unwanteds free of charge thanks to Code Enforcement Officer Ray Grundy, who came up with the idea.
“Ray Grundy wanted to give folks an opportunity to clean up their properties and make Sweet Home look more beautiful, especially during these wonderful summer months,” Deputy City Manager Cecily Pretty said.
The cost to rid the community of their garbage was $5,802.74, paid for out of Gundy’s abatement budget, she said, adding a nod to Sweet Home Sanitation for their assistance.
The city reported they collected more than 330 cubic yards of garbage and more than 30 cubic yards of scrap metal from 184 households that brought in 237 loads of trash. Much of it included furniture, clothing and general household trash.
“We’ve already seen a reduction in open storage code violations city-wide after the event, and now we are hopeful that people will use this ‘reset’ opportunity to maintain compliance going forward,” Pretty said.