City of Alexandria to hold CleanAlex events on April 27 for love the boot week
[ALEXANDRIA, LA] — On Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., the City of Alexandria will host CleanAlex as part of Love the Boot Week, Louisiana’s largest litter cleanup effort held in conjunction with Earth Week, April 20-28, 2024. Love the Boot Week is organized by Keep
Louisiana Beautiful and supported by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
The City of Alexandria is looking to partner with civic, neighborhood, faith-based and school groups on projects that clean and beautify our community. The goal of the city-wide clean-up is to help remove litter and beautify spaces throughout our community. The staff and community work hard to keep our city beautiful year-round. During Love the Boot Week, we will join forces to CLEANAlex!
Alexandria is the 2023 recipient of the Louisiana Garden Club Foundation’s Cleanest City award. “The CleanAlex initiative is the cities effort to further build upon the successes of last year in beautifying our great city.” – Stacey West, Special Projects Coordinator, City of Alexandria.
Litter has the potential to become increasingly detrimental to our communities, leading to a multitude of repercussions such as:
- Blight on natural areas, cities, towns, roadways, and waterways
- Death of wildlife due to polluted habitats
- Decline in quality of life in neighborhoods
- A negative impact on economic development, infrastructure, and tourism
- Flooding caused by storm drains clogged with litter and debris
“Sportsman’s Paradise won’t be litter-free overnight, but by coming together during Love the
Boot Week, we can bring awareness to the issue and take steps toward achieving a more beautiful Louisiana,” says Susan Russell, Executive Director of Keep Louisiana Beautiful.
Volunteers can register for CleanAlex at www.cityofalexandriala.com/cleanalex. For more information call the City of Alexandria’s Division of Community Services at 318-449-5225.
For more information about Love the Boot Week, visit www.lovetheboot.org. or contact
