Red Wings Salute
Clean Downtown Crew
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Overview
Program launched 2006
Budget: $2.8 million plus significant in-kind contributions
Employs 60 Goodwill Industries workers (a total of 135 individ-uals
employed since start-up)
Work Shifts:
6am-11pm Monday - Friday
7:30am-11:30pm Sat./Sun.
Special Events Coverage:
(North American International Auto Show, Detroit's Winter Blast, Target Fireworks,
GM River Days, Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Detroit International
Jazz-Fest, Red Wings Parade, Detroit Festival of the Arts, Red
Bull Air Races, professional
sporting events)
Additional special events support: Thanksgiving Day Parade, Eastern
Market Flower Day, APBA Gold Cup Race, Detroit Free Press/Flagstar
Marathon
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Objectives
Litter removal
Graffiti/poster/sticker removal
Sidewalk power sweeping
Sidewalk steam cleaning
Alley/gutter/doorway cleaning
Daily cleaning of 72 bus shelters
Maintenance of 27 wayfinding kiosks
Weed abatement
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Coverage Area
Sidewalks, public spaces inside the downtown freeway system: Lodge
to the west,
I-375 to the east, I-75 to the north, Jefferson Ave.
and the Detroit River to the south.
Freeway entrance and exit ramps.
The program has expanded (via contract) to include
maintenance of the new Detroit RiverWalk
and portions of the Midtown area. Clean
Downtown crews were also instrumental in
helping to clean and restore landscaping on
Belle Isle for the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.
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Results
7 days/week
360 days/year
Trash Removed:
2009 YTD All Areas: 75 tons
2008
Downtown: 257 tons
Riverfront: 94 tons
River Days: 35 tons
Midtown: 70 tons
39 Miles of Sidewalks:
Power swept 18 times
Power washed 3 times
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Collaborations
Program Sponsors & Partners
City of Detroit
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Wayne County
State of Michigan
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Detroit 300
Detroit Eastern Market
University Cultural Center Association (UCCA)
$1.69 Million MSHDA
Grant Supports
Clean
Downtown
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