Richmond Officer Jim Woo currently operates the same type of program in Shockoe Bottom. Otis Ratliffe, an emergency operator with the Department of Public Works, Street Maintenance Division, sees that the appropriate equipment arrives on the scene each time the Clean Up takes place.
Equipment includes a city dump truck, brooms, rakes, shovels, traffic vests, and trash bags.
They picked up trash and pulled weeds from the sidewalk along West Cary Street from the 2700 block at the Boulevard to the 3600 block at Thompson Street. They moved to the Carytown South Neighborhood Association area along Parkwood Avenue. A second operation took place Dec. 6, 2000. Although it was raining, six workers stayed for the Clean Up. On Jan. 7, another 16 workers cleaned up along the Cary Street corridor, including side streets, and Parkwood Avenue.