Red Wings Salute
Clean Downtown Crew
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Overview
Two-year initiative launched June 8, 2006
Budget: $2.8 million plus significant in-kind contributions
Employs 60 Goodwill Industries workers (a total of 135 individ-uals
employed since start-up)
Work Shifts:
6am-11pm Monday - Friday
7:30am-11:30pm Sat./Sun.
Special Events Coverage:
(North American International Auto Show, Detroit's Winter Blast, Target Fireworks,
GM River Days, Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Detroit International
Jazz-Fest, professional
sporting events) |
Objectives
Litter removal
Graffiti/poster/sticker removal
Sidewalk power sweeping
Sidewalk steam cleaning
Alley/gutter/doorway cleaning
Daily cleaning of 72 bus shelters
Maintenance of 27 wayfinding kiosks
Weed abatement
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Coverage Area
Sidewalks, public spaces inside the downtown freeway system: Lodge
to the west,
I-375 to the east, I-75 to the north, Jefferson Ave.
and the Detroit River to the south.
Freeway entrance and exit ramps.
The program has now ex-panded (via contract) to include
maintenance of the new Detroit RiverWalk
and portions of the Midtown area. Clean
Downtown crews were also instrumental in
helping to clean and restore landscaping on
Belle Isle for the 2007 Grand Prix.
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2007 Results
7 days/week
360 days/year
Trash Removed:
Downtown: 220 tons
Riverfront: 35 tons
Belle Isle: 5 tons
GM
River Days: 50 tons
Sidewalk Cleaning:
39 miles of downtown sidewalks steam cleaned 3times and power-swept 18
times
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Collaborations
Program Sponsors & Partners
City of Detroit
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Wayne County
State of Michigan
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Detroit 300
Detroit Eastern Market
University Cultural Center Association (UCCA)
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