[Press Release] : 3rd Annual Hinkson Clean Sweep is October 13

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Public Works Department, (573) 874-7250

3rd Annual Hinkson Clean Sweep is October 13 
COLUMBIA, MO (Date) - The Columbia Public Works Department announces
the third annual Hinkson Clean Sweep on Saturday, October 13 from 10
a.m. to noon.  It’s a morning to get a little bit wet, have fun
outside, and clean Columbia’s streams.  Anyone can participate and
supplies will be provided. Prizes will be awarded and all participants
will get t-shirts courtesy of the sponsors. Refreshments will be served
after the event.

To participate, register by sending an email to
mona.menezes at gocolumbiamo.com  or call (573) 874-7616 and leave a
message with your name and phone #, and the site you will clean (below).
   If you want to participate as a group, include the approximate # in
your group.  After registering, just go to one of the four sites listed
below on the day of the Clean Sweep. Signs will be posted near the
sites.   All supplies will be handed out at the streams.

Sites included in the cleanup include:

Walnut Street Bridge over Hinkson Creek:  Take Old 63 to Walnut Street
on the north of Stephens Lake.  Go east to the bridge at the end of the
street.  
Flat Branch Tributary to Hinkson Creek:  Downtown Columbia.  Flat
Branch Park at 4th & Broadway. 
Hinkson Creek Valley Neighborhood:  Old 63 at Bluffdale Drive (North of
Shepard Blvd at Old 63).  Turn west on Bluffdale where Hinkson flows
under Old 63.  Take Bluffdale to the end of the road for parking.  
Flat Branch Tributary to Hinkson Creek:  Along the MKT Trail at Martin
Luther King Memorial on Stadium.  Meet at the trailhead parking lot.  
The program is sponsored by the City of Columbia Public Works, Boone
County Public Works, Hinkson Creek Restoration Project, Sierra Club
Water Sentinels and the Sierra Club Osage Group. 

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