By Alyssa Schnugg
News editor
Lafayette County Master Gardeners are the first group to officially adopt an Oxford street as part of the city’s new Adopt-a-Street program, overseen by environmental services.
The program focuses on garbage collection on Oxford street rights-of-way and not on highways within city limits.
The Master Gardeners Club has adopted South Lamar Boulevard.
According to the director of the special project, Mark Levy, the Oxford Garden Club is considering adopting Bramlett Boulevard.
All participants in street-adopting groups must sign a liability waiver and the Council of Aldermen will approve the agreements and waivers at their meetings.
On Tuesday, the board approved the deal with the LCMG.
Street adoption agreements are for two years and groups can adopt one to three streets. Groups agree to pick up trash on their adopted street at least three times a year and submit a report after each cleanup, including date, names of participants, number of hours spent and number of bags. collected.
The city will provide garbage bags and safety vests and will remove all filled garbage bags from the roadside once the group has organized their garbage collection day.
The city will also install a sign in the street identifying the group that adopted it.
Any organization or group that wishes to participate and adopt a street should contact Michelle Robinson at 662-232-2359 or [email protected].