Mayor Urges Residents to Help Clean up St. Louis Park

After donning a safety vest and grabbing some cleaning tools, St. Louis Park Mayor Jeff Jacobs made a simple declaration and request: “Let’s clean up the Park.”

On Monday, City Council passed a proclamation kicking off the 2011 Beautify the Park initiative. While there are a number of formal events over the next few months to mark the occasion, Jacobs said simply picking up trash if you see it on the ground is a great help.

“It doesn’t take much time,” the mayor said. “It doesn’t take much work.”

As far as the more formal events, it’s a pretty packed schedule this spring and summer:

• April 30 — Earth & Arbor Day Celebration, 10 a.m. – noon at
• May 17 — Rain Garden Workshop, 6:30 p.m at
• May 18 — Community Open House - ZeroWaste Event, 6-8 p.m. at the
• May 21 — Creek Clean-up at Izaak Walton Creekside Park (7341 Oxford St.)
• June 4 — Tree Planting Event at
• June 9 - June 11 — Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 7250 Hwy 7
•  June 11 – Spring Clean-up Day at the
• June 18 – Eco Fair at Parktacular

If you go out and help beautify St. Louis Park, we’d love for you to share the experience. Send photos to michael.rose@patch.com, or post them to our Facebook page. You can also post them directly to this article by clicking "Add Your Photos" above.