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 2009:
North American International Auto Show, Detroit's Winter Blast, NCAA
Final Four, professional sporting events
Special Events Coverage 2009:
North American International Auto Show, Detroit’s Winter Blast,
Festival of the Arts, River Days, Target Fireworks, Detroit Belle
Isle Grand Prix, Detroit International JazzFest, Red Bull Air Races,
other professional sporting events, numerous community 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
Maintenance of 140 boulevard
medians and landscaped areas
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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 Dequindre Cut, the 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
Downtown: 208 tons
Riverfront: 135 tons
River Days: 12 tons
Midtown: 61 tons
39 Miles of Sidewalks:
Power swept 18 times
Power washed 3 times
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