Community cleans up YWP river
Thanks to social media, the word for the clean-up spread and a number of people turned up.
DETERMINED to keep Yellowwood Park clean, a group of people from the area spent their Sunday, 11 September cleaning up Stainbank river near the Coedmore bridge.
The team gathered at the Coedmore Avenue bridge where they were geared up with gloves and bags.
Thanks to social media, the word for the clean-up spread and a number of people turned up. The area from Old Mill Way to the river and both banks of the river from the Stainbank Nature reserve boundary to downstream of the bridge were cleaned. Goodwin used his two-ton bakkie to cart two loads of rubbish to the Bellair Road garden refuse site.”It was inspiring to see the community come together to take ownership of their area. This is the kind of community spirit that fights the ‘broken window syndrome’ that not only degrades the standard of our area but creates a breeding ground for criminals,” said ward 64 councillor, Gavin Hegter.
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