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Volunteers and Select Board weigh changes after rainy Earth Day cleanup
Summary
Volunteers and committee members reviewed a rain-affected Earth Day cleanup and discussed dividing the town into zones, creating a rain-day plan and whether to require volunteer pre-registration to improve logistics for future events.
Participants reviewed lessons learned from a rainy Earth Day cleanup and discussed practical steps to improve turnout and logistics.
S2 (Chair) and other committee members recounted that rain lowered participation and created uncertainty about transfer-station drop-off timing. S1 proposed dividing the town into 4–5 cleanup zones (for example, Spruce Head Island, Buttermilk and other neighborhoods) and meeting at a single location at a set time (e.g., 9:00 a.m.) to distribute supplies and disperse volunteers. S5 suggested accepting flexible pick-up days (such as doing collection on the Friday before) to accommodate volunteers who cannot attend on the official Saturday.
Participants debated whether requiring volunteer pre-registration would discourage people; S1 and others favored keeping the process simple (meet at one place and disperse) while providing clearer signage and a designated rain-day decision-maker who would cancel or proceed depending on conditions. S6 noted a fresh accumulation of trash between Spruce Head and Rockland, recommending that stretch be included in future zone planning.
Next steps: create a simple bullet-point plan with zoning, a rain-day policy and better advance communications to volunteers.
