October and November are known as leaf season in Lancaster city, and a special group of people known as the Clean Team works seven days a week to keep downtown Lancaster sidewalks and other public areas free of leaves and other debris. This effort helps to ensure the city's central business district is both clean and safe for residents, visitors, and businesses.
The Clean Team works to keep downtown Lancaster clean year round, but during autumn the falling leaves from Lancaster's tree canopy require constant upkeep. The team uses two machines called billy goats. During peak leaf season, the Clean Team averages about 20 bags a day. It will continue to remove leaves through January.
From Oct. 1 to Nov. 15, the team removed 7,750 pounds or 310 bags from public areas in Lancaster's central business district. The team is also responsible for removing flyers or stickers, graffiti, and trash, as well as pulling weeds, reporting quality-of-life issues such as burned-out street lights, and power washing public seating and other downtown amenities.
The Clean Team patrols areas of high foot traffic in the city known as the Downtown Investment District and are easily recognizable in their blue uniforms. They partner with the Lancaster City Alliance ambassadors who wear highly visible red uniforms and who perform safety and quality of life services for residents and businesses throughout many city neighborhoods. Both groups are managed by the Lancaster City Alliance. In the Downtown Investment District, the Clean Team and ambassadors patrol seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
To learn more, contact Anne Williams at 717-394-0783 or awilliams@teamlanc.org.
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