Dartmouth Neighbourhood Clean-Ups - Member Statement

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the incredible work of the Dartmouth South community, my neighbours. At this time of year as snow recedes and the winds pick up, the trash that escaped our garbage bins over the Winter becomes an unsightly blight along roadways and parks and around lakes.

Every year in preparation for Summer, the community gets together to tidy the town. Already the Pleasant Woodside Neighbourhood Association, the Penhorn Lake Area Trail Association, Russell Lake West Community Group, Harbourview Residents’ Association, and Oathill Lake Conservation Society have all planned community cleanups in the coming weeks. So that is my agenda after we rise from this House.

They provide garbage bags and gloves, but also the opportunity for neighbours to meet and work together. Keeping a neighbourhood beautiful is a collective effort to which Dartmouth is very dedicated.

I ask all members of this House to join me in thanking these groups and my neighbours, who work so hard to keep the lakes, trails, and roadways of Dartmouth South in such beautiful shape.