9 Roxborough-Manayunk Opportunities for Mayor's Cleanup

Spring cleaning heads outside Saturday as local groups plan to use some elbow grease on Roxborough and Manayunk. At least nine local events are scheduled for April 14, Mayor Michael Nutter's annual cleanup.

The city breaks down the opportunities by neighborhood. In Roxborough-Manayunk, there are 11 different ways to help—we lumped them into nine, as several revolve around step cleanups.

Here are the local offerings. Groups will meet at 9 a.m. April 28 is the raindate. Please feel free to add others we missed in the comments. Sign-up through the Streets Department website.

• 901 East Cathedral Road, Andorra
• The Fairmount Park Commission coordinates rail removal, post straightening, and other farm related tasks.
• Website
• Contact: Bob Allen, barnmanager@courtesystable.org 

• Hermitage Street and Ridge Avenue, Roxborough
• Coordinated by the Roxborough Development Corporation, the cleanup needs 10 volunteers for the park event.
• Website
• Contact: Bernard Guet, 215-508-2358

• 900 Grakyn Lane, Upper Roxborough
• Volunteers will pick up and dispose of trash around the playground.
• Website
• Contact: Joseph and Joyce Lotkowski, 215-483-8816

Kelly Park

• Parker and Pechin Streets, Upper Roxborough
• Organizers say the project's goal is to clean up trash and debris on the site. 
• Contact: Martin Sylvester, sylvester.martin@gmail.com 

• 5800 Ridge Ave., Roxborough
• Lasting from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the "Kendrick Kleanup" is one of the largest events at the volunteer day. Several hundred people will perform outside maintenance, painting, junk removal and interior cleaning.
• Website
• Contact: kendrickrecreationcenter@gmail.com 

• Towpath entrance, Leverington and Main Street, Manayunk
• Organized by the Schuylkill Project, this event focuses on removing debris from the canal and trail. More than 140 people are needed. It starts in Manayunk and works its way to Shawmont.
• Website
• Contact: Annie Scott, ascott@manayunk.org

Manayunk-Roxborough steps

• Steps at Roxborough and Terrace streets, Manayunk-Roxborough
• Also organized by the the Schuylkill Project, the steps cleanup will give the steps up the hills a fresh look. Cleanup starts at one stairwell, and moves to Dupont, Boone and Krams streets.
• Website
• Contact: Annie Scott, ascott@manayunk.org

Neighbors Park/Woodland Lot

• 3901 Terrace St., Wissahickon
• The Wissahickon Neighbors Civic Association invites residents to the playground/wooded area for the cleanup. Only two more people are needed.
• Contact: Andrew Bantly, abantly@mail.med.upenn.edu

Shawmont Valley

• Shawmont and Nixon streets, Shawmont
• The Friends of Shawmont & Umbria offer a cleanup that will focus on Eva Street, top and bottom of Port Royal, Shawmont, and the lower end of Umbria.  
• 215-920-2049