Rites of Spring in Hobart During Annual Cleanup

Don Dales freshened garden beds in the Village. Photo courtesy of Julie Rockefeller.

HOBART — The Village of Hobart enjoyed a makeover on Sunday, April 26th as twenty-six community members united under the banner of the Hobart Community Alliance for the annual Clean Up Day. From the Shaw family’s youthful energy to specialized teams clearing Main Street, the power of collective action was on full display. Together, neighbors turned a shared vision of a revitalized spring into a cleaner, more attractive thoroughfare.

Kathy and George Duyer worked together to clean up along Main Street. Photo courtesy of Julie Rockefeller.

Special thanks to Don Thomases, who volunteered to drive around afterward to collect all the trash throughout the Village and transport it to the dump. Photo courtesy of Julie Rockefeller.

The Shaw family came out en force, bringing lots of youthful energy to the project, picking up along River, Pearl, and Main Streets. Photo courtesy of Barbara Balliet

Twenty-six members of the community met at The Hobart Exchange to pick up gloves, grabbers and garbage bags before heading out to pick up trash in the Village of Hobart. Photo courtesy of Zulema DeGregory