Weather permitting, residents and volunteers will rally together Saturday for a community cleanup in Ward Three.
El Dorado Alderman Kensel Spivey, who represents Ward Three, along with Alderman Willie McGhee, said organizers are keeping an eye on the weather, noting that rain is forecast for Saturday.
“Hopefully, the weather will hold off. If it gets bad, we’ll have to reschedule it,” Spivey said.
For the third consecutive year, Spivey and McGhee are again teaming up with Clean Harbors to coordinate the cleanup, which is set for 9 a.m. until noon.
Lunch will immediately follow at Mattocks Park, located at Detroit and Sharp streets.
Spivey said several groups, including youth baseball and basketball teams, have already committed to participate in the cleanup.
Keep El Dorado Beautiful has also agreed to man one of nine checkpoints.
Volunteers will gather at their desired checkpoints to be briefed about the day’s activities.
Each checkpoint is located within a zone of designated streets that volunteers will clean.
Checkpoints and streets are:
- St. James Village Outreach Facility, 1308 E. Hillsboro:
• Martin Luther King.
• Short East Hillsboro.
• Burnside.
• East Burnside.
• Pelham.
• Van.
- Old Pine Tree Hotel lot, East Hillsboro and Oliver:
• Cherry.
• Van.
• Apple.
• Plum.
• Cargile.
• East Second.
• Kearing.
• Park.
- Starlight Baptist Church, 1406 Detroit:
• Roosevelt.
• New York.
• California.
• Detroit.
• East Beech.
• Neal.
• Louisiana.
- Murmil Heights Educational Center, 2000 Ripley:
• Marilynn.
• Lakeland.
• Oxford.
• Nevada.
• Gaines.
• Cherokee.
• Ripley.
- Marrable Hill Chapel, 110 Chapel:
• Marrable Hill.
• Lilac.
• Memory Lane.
• Julia.
• Georgia.
• Charles.
• Ivy.
• Beacon Hill.
• Pacific.
• Paxton.
- Mattocks Park/Bouldware Temple and Revival Center Church of God in Christ, 1521 Detroit/Mattocks Park:
• East Burns.
• Blackard.
• Burns.
• Beech.
• Mattocks Lane.
- St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 1018 Wilson:
• Hawthorne.
• Bruster.
• Barnes.
• Cook.
• Wilson.
• Norsworthy.
• Louisiana.
• Neal.
- Old Southside School grounds/Community Church of God in Christ, 1207 Ross.
• East Spring.
• Texas.
• Craig.
• East Avenue.
• Ross
• East Pecan.
- Laneys Collision Center, 916 E. Hillsboro:
• East Block.
• East Miles.
• South Madison.
• South Smith.
• Ramsey.
• East Cedar.
• South Lee.
For more information or to volunteer, call Spivey at 870-918-7674, McGhee at 870-314-1441 or Tony Henry at 870-866-7630.
Tia Lyons may be contacted at 870-862-6611 or by email at [email protected].