CLEAN TEAM: From left, Barry Wheatland, Paul Willey and Sir Terry Collins, director of neighbourhood services, at the launch the Spring Clean Project
RESIDENTS in York are being asked to nominate the city's "grot spots" as part of city council's annual spring clean.
The authority's month-long campaign will focus on cleaning and tidying the city's parks and open spaces, back lanes, road islands and verges.
Residents are being asked to give their support to the campaign by letting the council know which areas they think are in need of a spring clean.
Terry Collins, director of neighbourhood services at City of York Council, said: "Last year's spring clean proved very successful, and was popular with residents so I'm delighted that we can come back with a bigger and better campaign in 2008.
"We've already prepared a list of areas we feel would benefit from a spring clean, but we're also keen to hear from local residents about what they would like to see done."
Coun Andy D'Agorne, leader of the council's Green group, said: "The initiative is very welcome, and ideally we'd like to have it more than once a year.
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"My approach is to very promptly report anything I'm aware of - that's the best way of maintaining pride in the living environment, and discouraging other people from either throwing more litter down or adding to the graffiti.
"I think one of the common problems is that the areas that tend to be the worst are where the council isn't actually responsible for them - where it's private property, which means the council has to try and put pressure on the owner of the land, or the wall, or whatever it is.
"We do have problems with graffiti on private property because the council can't just go and clean it up without getting permission from the owner."
Coun D'Agorne said he believed the issue whereby the council had to contact the owner and encourage them to clean the graffiti up, or sign something to give the council permission to do it on their behalf, applied across the city.
Anyone who would like to suggest an area for cleaning should write to: Spring Clean 2008, Eco-Depot, Hazel Court, James Street, York YO10 3DS, or email enquiries@neighbourhoods.gov.uk, or phone the York Pride Action Line, on 01904 551551.
Do they actually want to know which areas in the 'greater' York area are sh!tholes or just areas associated with their precious tourism.
Outside the city center the whole of york is pretty much a sh!thole, when ever people ask me where i come from and i say york they all say its a very nice, clean safe town, my reply is always 'you obviously have never ventured outside the city center'. I invited them to take a tour of tang hall, clifton, acomb, chappy & foxwood and then tell me their oppinion>
Do they actually want to know which areas in the 'greater' York area are sh!tholes or just areas associated with their precious tourism.
Outside the city center the whole of york is pretty much a sh!thole, when ever people ask me where i come from and i say york they all say its a very nice, clean safe town, my reply is always 'you obviously have never ventured outside the city center'. I invited them to take a tour of tang hall, clifton, acomb, chappy & foxwood and then tell me their oppinion>
Posted by: Yorkshire Tyke, Aberdeenshire on 3:45pm Fri 9 May 08
In case the York Council read this i suggest..
ALL the streets leading off the Clifford Street,King & Cumberland St,Friargate,Low Friargate etc,absolute eyesore.
Also the flower borders/hedgerows & under the railings of what used to be(don't know if it still is) Rowntrees canteen,which are awash with cig packets & ciggy stubs.
In case the York Council read this i suggest..
ALL the streets leading off the Clifford Street,King & Cumberland St,Friargate,Low Friargate etc,absolute eyesore.
Also the flower borders/hedgerows & under the railings of what used to be(don't know if it still is) Rowntrees canteen,which are awash with cig packets & ciggy stubs.
Posted by: sayitasitis, YORK on 4:11pm Fri 9 May 08
[quote][bold]Yorkshire Tyke[/bold] wrote:
In case the York Council read this i suggest.. ALL the streets leading off the Clifford Street,King & Cumberland St,Friargate,Low Friargate etc,absolute eyesore. Also the flower borders/hedgerows & under the railings of what used to be(don't know if it still is) Rowntrees canteen,which are awash with cig packets & ciggy stubs. [/quote] Couldnt agree more about Clifford St and streets off, watched the little roadsweeper trying to do Cumberland St on Tuesday morning,6 taxis parked up,wouldnt move for it, HGV parked up outside side of Opera House, wouldnt move,then into King St, mountains of fast food debris from Subway, thought they had to clear up their mess as part of late night licence?
What chance have CYC got when buisnesses wont help them to help themselves?
Yorkshire Tyke wrote:
In case the York Council read this i suggest.. ALL the streets leading off the Clifford Street,King & Cumberland St,Friargate,Low Friargate etc,absolute eyesore. Also the flower borders/hedgerows & under the railings of what used to be(don't know if it still is) Rowntrees canteen,which are awash with cig packets & ciggy stubs.
Couldnt agree more about Clifford St and streets off, watched the little roadsweeper trying to do Cumberland St on Tuesday morning,6 taxis parked up,wouldnt move for it, HGV parked up outside side of Opera House, wouldnt move,then into King St, mountains of fast food debris from Subway, thought they had to clear up their mess as part of late night licence?
What chance have CYC got when buisnesses wont help them to help themselves?
[quote][bold]TG[/bold] wrote:
Center = US spelling Centre = UK spelling Thankyou.[/quote] Centre = also French spelling.
Center = how the word is actually pronounced.
TG wrote:
Center = US spelling Centre = UK spelling Thankyou.
Yet again CYC want residents to do their job for them are they bilnd, and what to we have councillors for are they blind also or do they not go around the areas they are supposed to represent.
Yet again CYC want residents to do their job for them are they bilnd, and what to we have councillors for are they blind also or do they not go around the areas they are supposed to represent.
[quote][bold]Peter[/bold] wrote:
Yet again CYC want residents to do their job for them are they bilnd, and what to we have councillors for are they blind also or do they not go around the areas they are supposed to represent.[/quote] Probably because they can't physically get all the organisers over the city whilst doing their normal job.
Peter wrote:
Yet again CYC want residents to do their job for them are they bilnd, and what to we have councillors for are they blind also or do they not go around the areas they are supposed to represent.
Probably because they can't physically get all the organisers over the city whilst doing their normal job.
Posted by: Free Speech, York on 2:45pm Sun 11 May 08
[quote][bold]exYorkist[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]TG[/bold] wrote: Center = US spelling Centre = UK spelling Thankyou.[/quote] Centre = also French spelling. Center = how the word is actually pronounced.[/quote] Keep Americanisms where they belong-in the mouths of the uneducated!
exYorkist wrote:
TG wrote: Center = US spelling Centre = UK spelling Thankyou.
Centre = also French spelling. Center = how the word is actually pronounced.
Keep Americanisms where they belong-in the mouths of the uneducated!
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