NEWS RELEASE

Date: March 3, 2010

Released by: Alma Brown, Communications Manager, 494-8554

Subject: Applications Available for Neighborhood Cleanups

Contact: Steve Fairbanks at 494-8603

Applications are available to registered neighborhood associations that want trash and landscape dumpsters free of charge for neighborhood cleanups. Associations can apply for up to two dumpsters for neighborhood cleanups that can be scheduled between April 3rd and November 6th. Peoria Disposal Company will deliver dumpsters to the cleanups, which are held on a Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Associations may request one dumpster for landscape waste and one for trash, or two for trash, or two for landscape waste, for a cleanup. In addition, upon request the city will provide up to 100 cleanup announcement flyers and three yard signs to promote the date and time of the cleanup.

Applications can be downloaded from the city’s website at: www.ci.peoria.il.us/planningforms. Applications are also available at the Planning & Growth Management Department, Suite 402, Twin Towers Building, 456 Fulton Street.

For more information call Steve Fairbanks at 494-8603.