Spring Clean-up

Connect and Clean with Your Ward!

April 23, 2022 | Rain Back-up Date: April 30

Due to weather, the spring clean-up will now occur on Saturday, April 30, 2022. 

At CTC, our goal is always to become a more sustainable, respectful, and interconnected community. We strive to cultivate a community that values engagement, collaboration, and the creation of meaningful relationships among members of the community. In exchange, member efforts help the co-op preserve resources and minimize external expenses and, thus, continually support and maintain our co-op’s low rental rate without compromising quality.

Membership Participation: All co-op members are required to participate in the bi-annual (fall and spring) cleaning of our grounds, as segmented by ward. Non-members are also welcome to participate in our grounds’ beautification, a fun and rewarding experience. If your household is unable to attend, please contact your Ward Rep for instruction on make-up. Fulfillment duty alternatives include pre-clean up assignments within your ward, stocking laundry room supplies, volunteering at a Programs Committee event, or additional laundry duty. 

Start Time and Location: Your respective Ward Rep will coordinate a specific start time, as well as indicate a meeting location, on the designated, community-wide clean-up day via email prior to the event. 

Have Fun!

• Get active, enjoy the spring weather, and gather and bag litter from all the community spaces!
• Stay safe: take precautions and work with your ward rep for questions or tasks aligning with your strengths
• Share pictures on the CTC Facebook Page :D

Task List

• Clean up all trash and put in dumpsters 
• Pick up rocks and large sticks/branches, and place by dumpsters in a pile.
• Rake in rows: rake 6 ft. away from all building and objects including bike racks to allow for easy access for UMN Landcare equipment. 
• Rake up matted leaves that are stuck to the turf (prioritize matted leaves over loose leaves, as the matted leaves damages the turf)
• Pull leaves out of the playground corners and move to open turf areas.
• Clear weeds of community flower beds (Peace Garden, Fruit Garden, Hasta Garden's)
• Dispose of abandoned toys/furniture, bikes, etc.
• Return all snow shovels to your Ward’s storage unit. Put away neatly and organized so others can access the room.
• Individual household task reminders
  • Clean out front and back flower beds of weeds
  • Remove items from behind your apartment that do not belong there (e.g. couches, dishwashers, chairs, mirrors, etc.) by either bringing inside your home or properly disposing them inside the dumpster.  
  • Yard Inspections starting May 2, 2022. The inspection will check to ensure all residents are keeping their household yard/garden beds neat and weed-free. Maintaining clean and clear yards/gardens is on-going requirement to fulfill throughout growing season, typically April to October.

Supplies:

• All rakes and garbage bags are in your Ward Storage. If bags run out, please use a personal garbage bag.
• Return all rakes and snow shovels to your Ward’s storage unit. Please put away neatly and organized so others can access the room. 

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Ward Resources

Maps

Ward Clean-up Map: Displays the perimeter of each ward, in which respective ward members will clean-up during the event, as well as communal and "make-up" areas.

Ward Storage Map: Find your ward’s storage location on the co-op’s grounds, which houses snow shovels, rakes, and brooms for your ward’s use seasonally and/or on occasion (i.e. at the bi-annual clean up events).

Which Ward Do I Live In?

Ward 1: Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	Ward 3: Buildings: 7, 8, 9
Ward 4: Buildings 12, 13, 14, 15, 16	Ward 5: Buildings 10, 11, 22, 54
Ward 6: Buildings 23, 24, 55, 56	Ward 7: Buildings 57, 58, 59
Ward 8: Buildings 17, 18, 19, 20, 21	Ward 9: Buildings 50, 51, 53
Ward 10: Buildings 25, 26, 27	Ward 11: Buildings 32, 33, 34, 35
Ward 12: Buildings 31, 36, 37, 38	Ward 13: Buildings 28, 29, 30
Ward 14: Buildings 45, 46, 47, 48, 49	Ward 15: Buildings 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44

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UMN Landcare: Final Touch-up and Removal

UMN Landcare will come through property on the following Monday through Wednesday to clear the piles of debris and other areas from our members' valuable work from the clean-up.