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Parks reports hours and volunteer counts for Pearl Street; city to pilot BigBelly trash cans on 'the Hill'
Summary
Parks and Recreation presented detailed maintenance and volunteer statistics for the Pearl Street Mall and said the city will pilot BigBelly solar trash cans on the Hill in the coming weeks.
Denise Dawson, senior urban parks manager for Parks and Recreation, told the Downtown Management Commission on Jan. 14 that Pearl Street Mall required concentrated maintenance in 2024 and provided staff time estimates for routine work and reactive responses.
Dawson said park staff logged roughly 715 hours on irrigation work for the four-block mall and about 1,788 hours on horticulture tasks including planting, pruning and weeding. She said staff spent approximately 1,580 hours on trash pickup and surface cleaning, and that crews completed 23 snow shifts last winter. Parks…
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