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Waterford Greenways names monthly Riverwalk monitors, schedules May 2 spring cleanup
Summary
The Community Greenways Advisory Committee set a twice-monthly Riverwalk audit rotation with named volunteers for each month and scheduled a Spring Riverwalk Cleanup on May 2, 2026, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.; early walks found minor trash and fallen trees and identified shopping carts and silt-fence removal work for spring.
The Community Greenways Advisory Committee adopted a volunteer rotation to audit the Waterford Riverwalk twice a month and assigned specific members and Friends of the Greenways volunteers to each month from January through December 2026. The first three walks produced mostly minor issues—trash and some fallen trees—that were quickly resolved, but members reported shopping carts in the river that will need removal in spring and a contractor-required removal of silt-fence stakes and reseeding at a connector site.
The committee scheduled a Spring Riverwalk Cleanup for Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Jacquelynn Brown was assigned to create a sign-up link and a flyer before the next meeting. The monthly rotation named volunteers by month, including Jim Powers (January, February), Sue Camilleri (March, April), Bob Swartz (May, June, and November/December paired roles), Roman Wasylkevych (July, August), Marie Hauswirth (September, October) and Debra Hayden-Schmid (November, December).
Why it matters: consistent monitoring and community cleanups are intended to keep trails usable, catch maintenance issues early, and demonstrate ongoing stewardship that can support future grant and partnership requests.
Next steps: the committee will coordinate spring removal of shopping carts and the connector contractor’s spring reseeding; Brown will finalize outreach materials for the May 2 cleanup.
