Workers in green vests walked past the huge statues in front of Palmer College of Chiropractic early Wednesday, pausing to pick up bits of debris littering sidewalks as they worked their way up Brady Street in Davenport.
People from Davenport Public Works Department and Iowa @ Work participated in the 2009 Green Sweep Jazz Parade. The route began in back of Davenport City Hall and bells chimed the eight o’clock hour as the force of 30 cleaned their way up Brady toward Locust Street.
“It’s Earth Day, and it’s great to get outside on a nice day like today, helping the city of Davenport,” Kevin Andre of New Windsor, Ill. said.
“I’m cleaning up for Earth Day,” Tammy Proulx, a Davenport public works employee, said. Her usual job is filling potholes with asphalt, but she appreciated the change of pace.
A mild sun shone as the group bagged litter and operated street cleaning equipment along the 3-mile route.
Volunteers also prepared a railroad berm behind Davenport City Hall for a planting of native flora in May. The site will become a butterfly garden, providing a place of beauty in the downtown area.
Chris Ackerman of Davenport Public Works muscled a sidewalk-sized sweeper up Brady Street hill. The machine dislodged pebbles and cigarette butts sheathed between cracks in the sidewalk and spewed them out onto the street for a street sweeper to pick up. Usually he operates the street sweeper as part of Davenport’s efforts to keep the roadways clear for drivers, he said.
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