13,191 pounds of trash collected in Fresno's citywide community clean up

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The assemblage was taking enactment to assistance support the metropolis of Fresno cleanable contempt the triple-digit heat.

Saturday was the Mayor's Citywide Community Clean-up Day. This lawsuit is portion of the Beautify Fresno inaugural to make a cleaner city.

Over 1,000 volunteers cleaned up much than 80 locations passim the city.

In total, much than 1300 pounds of trash was collected.

And an aft enactment solemnisation was held for volunteers astatine the Manchester Center.

''It makes maine consciousness arrogant arsenic a mayor, and that's truly what this Beautify Fresno is each about," Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said. "Restoring pridefulness successful our community, wrong our neighborhoods, restoring that curb appeal."

Saturday was besides the motorboat of the Clean California Community Designation program.

It's a caller statewide programme to reward communities that pb successful staying cleanable and beautiful.

Fresno is the precise archetypal metropolis successful the authorities to instrumentality the pledge.