By Daily Press staff
Citizens are taking it upon themselves to clean up their neighborhood. Residents in the Ninth Street and Michigan Avenue area have organized a “Neighborhood Clean-Up Day” for Saturday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The event, believed to be the first of its kind for the area, has been embraced by the CLARE Foundation, which provides a variety of social services at its Ninth Street and Pico Boulevard location.
City Hall also has gotten involved, pledging to deliver a large dumpster in the morning and to remove it in the afternoon.
Participants will meet at CLARE’s patio area at 9 a.m. before fanning out through the neighborhood with brooms and trash bags. The targeted area includes the alleys on both sides of the 1800 block of Ninth Street, as well as the 1800 block of Ninth Street and the 800 and 900 blocks of Michigan Avenue. Residents hope to make the event a monthly occurrence, and to expand it to the 1700 block of Ninth Street.
CLARE's patio area is located at 1871 Ninth Street. For additional information, or to donate refreshments, supplies, or anything else, contact Christian Boyce at (310) 452- 3720, or by e-mail at
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 4, 2003. Read the original PDF.