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Clean Teams

DC clean team. members receiving  Empowerment Fund Grant

DSLBD's commercial Clean Team Program services include:

  • Removal of litter, graffiti, illegal posters and stickers, weeds, snow, and ice
  • Recycling glass, aluminum, and plastic items collected from sidewalks and gutters
  • Maintenance of street trees through mulching, weeding, and watering.
  • Landscaping of planters, hanging baskets, and tree boxes located in service areas
  • Tracking and reporting public space defects via 311

Current DSLBD Clean Teams

  1. 12th Street NE Clean Team
  2. Adams Morgan Clean Team
  3. Alabama Avenue SE Clean Team
  4. Anacostia Clean Team
  5. Barracks Row Clean Team
  6. Bellevue Clean Team
  7. Benning Road (Ward 6) Clean Team
  8. Benning Road (Ward 7) Clean Team
  9. Bladensburg Road Clean Team
  10. Congress Heights Clean Team
  11. Connecticut Avenue NW Clean Team
  12. Deanwood Heights Clean Team
  13. Dupont Circle NW Clean Team
  14. Eastern Market Clean Team
  15. Eckington Clean Team
  16. Fort Lincoln NE Clean Team
  17. Georgia Avenue Clean Team
  18. Glover Park NW Clean Team
  19. H Street NE Clean Team
  20. Ivy City Clean Team
  21. Kennedy Street NW Clean Team
  22. Lower Georgia Avenue Clean Team
  23. Mid-City Clean Team
  24. Minnesota Avenue Clean Team
  25. Mount Vernon Triangle Clean Team
  26. New York Avenue NE Clean Team
  27. North Capitol Clean Team
  28. Pennsylvania Avenue SE Clean Team
  29. Rhode Island Avenue NE Clean Team
  30. Saint Elizabeth’s Campus Clean Team
  31. Shaw Clean Team
  32. South Dakota Avenue NE Clean Team
  33. Trinidad NE Clean Team
  34. Upper 14th Street NW Clean Team
  35. Upper Bladensburg Road NE Clean Team
  36. Upper Georgia Avenue Clean Team
  37. Ward 1 Clean Team
  38. Ward 5 Roving Clean Team
  39. Ward 7 Roving Clean Team
  40. Ward 8 Roving Clean Team
  41. Wisconsin Avenue Clean Team

By The Numbers

Director Suggs-Evans with Mount Vernon Triangle Clean team members
Last year, the collective efforts of the Clean Teams produced the following improvements to the District’s sidewalks.
  • $6,749,029 of grant funding was awarded by DSLBD
  • 62.49 miles of commercial corridors cleaned by 41 teams
  • 616,520 pounds of trash and recyclables removed from commercial districts
  • 21,378 properties Abated of graffiti
  • 42,034 illegal posters and stickers removed
  • 2,959 tree boxes mulched
  • 898 public space defects reported to 311

Support of Sustainable DC (SDC) goals

  • Recycling service required to support the SDC Waste Goal of achieving zero waste by capturing value through recycling
  • Street tree mulching increased to support the SDC Nature Goal of covering 40 percent of the District with a healthy tree canopy
  • Removal of trash and recyclables that may have entered the stormwater system
  • Utilization of eco-friendly herbicides and ice melt that reduce toxic runoff to support the SDC Water Goal to make all District waterways fishable and swimmable

To learn more about Sustainable DC, click here

For a current map of all Clean Team service areas, click here

 
Contact Email: 
Contact Phone: 
(202) 727-3900
Contact TTY: 
711
Contact Suite #: 
850 North
Service Location: 

441 4th Street, NW

GIS Address: 
441 4th Street, NW
City: 
Washington
State: 
DC
Zip: 
20001