By: Claire Tribble
Last year, Athens-Limestone Tourism won the bid to host the Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee Rural Tourism Conference, which will be October 20-22. They will be hosting around 250 people from other states and counties to highlight some of Athens and Limestone County’s coolest attractions. This conference will be based downtown, and in an effort to look our very best, we are hosting a city cleanup! Operation Clean Sweep will be on October 18, from 8 a.m.-noon. Since we have a lot of ground to cover, we will have two different sign-in stations, one on Kelli Drive off Highway 72, and one at the Athens-Limestone Public Library.
The Athens-Limestone Public Library sign-in will be for volunteers who choose to work in or around downtown, the Farmer’s Market, library, and the Alabama Veterans Museum. The Veterans Museum is where the conference will be based, but the attendees will be shopping, dining at the Farmer’s Market, and they will have walking tours of the Arts & Entertainment district and the historic district. We’d like to make a good impression, so we’re going to need some help.
The second sign-in station will be located on Kelli Drive. Volunteers in this area will focus on Kelli Drive, Audubon Lane, Cool Springs Drive, and Braly Blvd. We will not be picking up along Hwy 72 because it’s way too dangerous. Hopefully, we have plenty of volunteers and we can pick up on the north side of 72 as well. These areas are around the hotels where our guests will be staying. We aren’t limited to these areas by any means; these are just our focus areas.
Each volunteer will be given a safety vest, gloves, litter grabber, and bags. All supplies will need to be turned in when the volunteer is finished — and no, you don’t have to work the entire time. There will be someone stationed at the sign-in table the entire time. Each volunteer will be required to sign a Hold Harmless form when they sign in for supplies. Volunteers under 18 will need a form signed by a parent or guardian. We also ask that all volunteers wear tennis shoes or boots. If you need a sheet signed for volunteer hours, make sure to have it there that day, and we will sign for you!
By: Claire Tribble Executive Director
Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful
