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The Green Scene
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: 2016/04 - April | Photograph By: Courtesy of The Highlander
April, the month when spring announces its intention to stay by providing us with more daylight hours, more sunshine, budding trees, and gorgeous flowers, is also the time when we all kick into our spring cleaning mode.
Mother Nature is sprucing things up so it seems only natural that we would start freshening up too. Highlanders take their spring cleaning seriously. You’ll see shop keepers polishing windows and planting flower boxes; and, on Saturday, April 23, you’ll see volunteers in bright orange vests picking up litter on one of our most scenic byways, the Gorge Road between Highlands and Franklin.
This community undertaking, sponsored by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce, bears no resemblance to the usual grumbling, grimacing, “got to get this spring cleaning done” frame of mind, but instead brings smiling faces of all ages out for a day of community service. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors and join in the fun while giving back to our beautiful community.
Starting at 9:30 A.M. volunteers meet at The Highlands Visitors Center where they’ll be provided with all the tools of the trade needed for this adventure – vests, gloves, litter pick up tools, and garbage bags. Volunteers will then be assigned a section of road to work on and a day of sprucing up our mountain will begin. Don’t forget to wear comfortable shoes and clothing.
Working side by side, laughing all the while, volunteers soon have our roadside sparkling. Reward for your hard work awaits when you gather after the cleanup at nearby Cliffside Lake for a hamburger and hotdog cookout. What better way to end a morning of hard work than to relax by a cool mountain lake?
Don’t miss this opportunity to join this cleanup effort and help keep our mountains beautiful. For more information, call the Highlands Chamber of Commerce at (828) 526-2112.
