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Parks, Trails, needs volunteers for park clean-ups

By Sarah Shurge history as well. The committee is try-
Do you want to make the world a 2023 Park Clean-up Schedule ing to work with the Wayne Histori-
greener place? You can start one cal Society to get more involved with
park at a time. Attwood Park: 33601 Annapolis Street the history of the parks and maybe
Five years ago the City of Wayne add signs so the community can
created a Parks and Trails Commit- Saturday, May 20th, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.- 12:00 noon learn more about the history of the
tee who volunteers to keep the green- parks they spend time at.
space in Wayne clean and free of Soroptimist Park: 36700 John Street This year the committee is
debris. adding something new. They are ask-
The committee consists of: John Saturday, June 10th, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon ing organizations to consider adopt-
Mills, Daniel Mills, Michelle Nedzlek, ing a park or trail. These
Councilman Eric Cleereman, Coun- Civitan Park: 37174 Glenwood Road organizations will be asked to do
cilman Alfred Brock, Jeremiah Web- what they can to help with these
ster, Wayne Police Chief Ryan Strong, Saturday, July 15th, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon clean-ups. Anyone that is interested
Ed Queen, and City Manager Lisa in adopting a park or trail can con-
Nocerini. tact Ed Queen at the Department of
“Our parks and trails are an indi- Shafer Park: 4322 Randolph Street Public Works (DPW) at equeen@city-
cation of the health of our commu- Saturday, August 19th, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon ofwayne.com.
nity,” said Lisa Nocerini, City “We’re hoping people will be able
Manager and liaison to the commit- to adopt,” said Nocerini. “Any long
tee. “When they don’t look main- The park clean-up schedule for would be perfect,” said Nocerini. term commitment can get signage
tained or cared for - despite the summer 2023 is: Attwood Park: Sat- If you can’t make it to one of the placed at the park showing their
efforts of the city - it sends a strong urday, May 20th from 8:30 a.m. - scheduled clean-ups, the committee commitment.”
message to those who may want to Noon. Soroptimist Park: Saturday, is encouraging neighbors and fami- If you are interested in joining a
move into the community with their June 10th from 8:30 a.m. - Noon. lies to visit a park and take some committee, you can find applications
family.” Civitan Park: Saturday, July 15th time, maybe even an hour, to pick up for committees that have open
Nocerini has been helping clean from 8:30 a.m. - Noon. Shafer Park: trash and help keep the parks clean. spaces at City Hall or at city-
the parks for five years now. “It’s im- Saturday, August 19th from 8:30 Nocerini gave a shoutout to Chris ofwayne.com.
portant we all pitch in to showcase a.m. - Noon. Miller, Wayne resident that lives If you are interested in getting in-
our community as a jewel for gener- Volunteers don’t need to stay the across the street from one of the volved for clean-up, there are post-
ations to come,” said Nocerini. entire clean-up. Even 30 minutes of parks. In an effort to help keep the ings on the boards in City Hall. For
From the start, the committee de- cleaning is helpful. parks clean, Miller has collected more information about the Parks,
cided to clean four to five parks each “The clean-ups went great last over 30 bags of trash at Attwood Trails, and Greenspace Clean-Up He-
summer. The efforts include: trim- year. We had a number of volunteers, Park. roes or to stay updated, you can find
ming trees, bushes, and shrubs, rak- but we can always use more,” said “It takes a whole village to do this. them on Facebook at “City of Wayne
ing leaves, picking up garbage, Nocerini. “We saw a lot of new faces We want to see the parks in better Parks, Trails, & Greenspace Clean-
painting pavilions, and some volun- and new people getting involved, shape but we can only do so much up Heroes.”
teers even do repairs. which is great, but some of our with the limited people working with If you know a group that wants to
In February 2022, the committee parks are giant. We can only accom- us,” said Nocerini. clean-up garbage in the park, contact
launched a Facebook page called plish so much with our volunteers.” The committee meets monthly to Lisa Nocerini or the DPW and the
City of Wayne Parks, Trails, & Green- Nocerini is urging the community come up with ways to get residents proper supplies will be provided.
space Clean-Up Heroes. It’s a page to get involved. more involved with parks. They also You can contact Lisa Nocerini by
for volunteers interested in getting in- “We’d love to do a lot more, but spoke with the Wayne-Westland Com- phone at (734) 895-9196 or email at
volved, updates about park clean-up it’s the same individuals volunteer- munity Schools District (WWCSD) lnocerini@cityofwayne.com.
dates, pictures, videos, and informa- ing every weekend and it burns them about ways to get students involved. Be sure to get out there and get
tion. out. If more people get involved, it The parks in the city have a rich cleaning.

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