Groups remove 100 bags of trash from downtown Galesburg
Galesburg Register-Mail
GALESBURG The Galesburg Downtown Council announced more than 100 bags of trash were filled during its Spring 2021 Cleanup Downtown Day Initiative on May 22. This is the first year of this project being a collaboration between the Downtown Council and The Downtown Community Partnership of Galesburg.
With this partnership, the project included over 100 volunteers and 14 businesses in Downtown Galesburg, who canvassed the special service area to pick up trash, broken bottles, plastic cups, beer/pop cans, cigarette butts and other waste. The focus was going from south to north on Tompkins Street to Ferris Street to include Main Street and East to West from the Square to Chamber Street. The group worked the sidewalks, streets, every parking lot and several back alleyways.
A pair of downtown community groups completed their spring cleanup day initiative last month, sprucing up Galesburg's downtown. According to a release from the Galesburg Downtown Council, over a hundred trash bags were used to fill a dumpster as the group worked the sidewalks, streets, every parking lot, and several back alleyways to clean up the trash on Saturday, May 22. Joe Mangieri, Jr., Board Member of the Galesburg Downtown Council led the project with Kate Bullis, President of the Downtown Community Partnership. In a joint statement, they stated that we have a great start to a cleaner downtown for 2021. "Most importantly, we continue to increase the awareness that it is the Downtown Community's responsibility to keep our area clean. We want to build pride in our downtown for the entire community," said Mangieri. "This was a perfect reflection of both of our organizations' goals," said Bullis. "We want to see the community coming together,
A newly announced grant will bring the new Galesburg Public Library closer to meeting its fundraising goal and go toward the library’s children’s room.
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KPLD Connection: Summer Reading Program starts in June
Kewanee Public Library
Summer Reading Program – June 1 through July 10
Get ready for our Summer Reading Program June 1st through July 10th! Last year, we debuted our online version of the Children’s and Young Adult Summer Reading Programs using the Beanstack app. This year, the adults get to join in on the fun. All of our reading programs will have an online version available through the Beanstack App, which allows you to track your reading goals, all from the convenience of your phone. No longer will you have to worry about losing a paper log. Paper logs are, of course, still available for any of our less-technologically inclined. Whichever you prefer, we have worked hard to make sure you have the exact same experience.