Volunteers continue fight against litter

“I am very pleased with the turnout,” said Keep Corinth Beautiful Director Lane Yoder, as it was the town’s first Great American Cleanup Day since March 2021. “People have really responded to the call for help.”

Corinth Mayor Ralph Dance and Ward 2 Alderman Ben Albarracin were on hand to thank and encourage the group to continue the ongoing fight against litter.

“This is something I ran for mayor on,” said Dance. “We want people to come to our city. We want people to take pride in our city. We all want a beautiful city in which to live.”

Much like volunteer groups targeting certain areas of the city to begin the anti-litter effort, Dance said “it all starts with each individual. It starts in a neighborhood and then it’s one neighborhood at a time.”

“People don’t want to visit an ugly city,” said the mayor.

The weather cooperated Saturday morning with no early rain which was at first feared with the forecast.

The three-hour cleanup session is only the beginning for Keep Corinth Beautiful’s efforts to not only educate people to not throw out their trash on the streets, roads and highways, but continue to pick up litter all this week.

“This is just the beginning,” said Dance. “We have got to continue.”

“It all starts in your own home,” said the city leader.

Albarracin has also been outspoken on the litter problem in the city and Saturday he along with Ward 5 Alderman Joshua Bryant joined the ranks of volunteers in the effort to clean up their town.

“The appearance of our community is a representation of our residents and when it’s clean, it shows we love, care and respect where we live,” said Yoder. “We want to have a clean community for the benefits of everyone – residents and visitors alike. A clean community is a more pleasant, more healthy and more beautiful community.”