BRATTLEBORO — This year marks 47 years for Vermont's unique Green Up Day tradition.
Always the first Saturday in May, the event will bring volunteers statewide to the town roads in their communities on May 6 to tackle trash and litter along roadsides, in public spaces, natural landscapes and waterways.
Vermont was the first state in the nation to designate one special day for cleaning the entire state. Many thanks to the hardworking state employees at the Agency of Transportation who clean along our interstates and state highways - some 2,707 miles - every spring. Now we depend on the rest of us to help clean town roads.
Together, Vermonters clean up their communities for the community of Vermont. Come on out and take part! Bags can be picked up anytime at Brown and Roberts, Brattleboro Subaru, or the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce.
On Green Up Day, Brattleboro residents can find bags from 8 a.m. to noon at the Restless Rooster, the Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro Subaru and the new West Brattleboro Fire Department.