East Point council hears plea to keep Clean City senior yard‑maintenance program running

East Point city officials heard a progress update Monday on the Clean City Senior Initiative, a volunteer‑led yard‑maintenance program that trims trees, clears gutters and organizes volunteer crews to help older residents remain in place.

The program’s founders and partners told the City Council the initiative has directly served hundreds of households and asked the council to include funding in the coming fiscal year so work can continue.

The program, run by the Men of Intelligence cooperative and partners, has performed tree‑trimming and yard work for seniors and connected residents with larger repairs through Habitat for Humanity and Fulton County, Darnellus Mays, who identified himself as the Men of Intelligence president, told the council. “So far, we’ve done 296 tree trim yards. We’ve trimmed trees on a property or we’ve cut the trees down,” Mays said,…