{"id":17805,"date":"2022-03-31T07:57:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/?p=17805"},"modified":"2022-03-31T07:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:57:14","slug":"residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"RESIDENTS GIVE DESOTO A GOOD SPRING CLEANING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DeSoto-Clean-Up-640x360.png?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DeSoto Clean Up\" class=\"wp-image-29442\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Another DeSoto Clean Up. This was a clean-up by the City Manager\u2019s Office on Friday morning, March 25th, near the I-35E service road in DeSoto. From Left to Right, DeSoto Deputy City Manager Kristoff Bauer, DeSoto City Manager Brandon Wright, DeSoto Mayor Rachel L. Proctor, and two members of the DeSoto Parks &amp; Recreation team.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday morning the City of DeSoto, the DeSoto Parks and Recreation Department, and Keep DeSoto Beautiful joined with civic-minded residents to give DeSoto a good spring cleaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>101 volunteers joined DeSoto\u2019s Mayor, City Council, and City Manager at seven locations to pick up and bag street litter like beverage bottles, cigar &amp; cigarette packs or wrappers, aluminum cans, plastic bags, and drink cups. They were pretty thorough and collected 125 large bags of trash which was enough to fill the beds of 7 pick-up trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While she was helping with the clean-up at DeSoto\u2019s North Elerson Park near Elerson and Beltline Roads, DeSoto Mayor Rachel L. Proctor commented \u201cWe are out here helping to keep DeSoto beautiful and keep DeSoto clean, which is one of our priorities. We love our City and work to live up to our reputation of DeSoto being a beautiful and a clean City.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring Clean-Up Volunteers\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-29443\" data-id=\"29443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Spring-Clean-Up-Volunteers.jpg?w=880&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">DeSoto Spring Clean-Up Volunteers at DeSoto High School on Saturday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two DeSoto Parks Workers\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-29444\" data-id=\"29444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Two-DeSoto-Parks-Workers.jpg?w=880&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Two DeSoto Parks Workers showing one of 7 truck loads of litter picked-up Saturday morning by 101 DeSoto volunteers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"few of the bags of collected litter at DeSoto\u2019s Elerson Park.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-29445\" data-id=\"29445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/few-of-the-bags-of-collected-litter-at-DeSotos-Elerson-Park..jpg?w=880&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A few of the bags of collected litter at DeSoto\u2019s Elerson Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"residents made cleaning DeSoto\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-29446\" data-id=\"29446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/residents-made-cleaning-DeSoto.jpg?w=880&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">These residents made cleaning DeSoto a family activity on Saturday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-29447\" data-id=\"29447\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DeSoto-Mayor-Rachel-L.-Proctor-640x479.jpg?resize=640%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">DeSoto Mayor Rachel L. Proctor joins Owen Wright and City Manager Brandon Wright at Elerson Park on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the locations that were cleaned by DeSoto residents on Saturday, March 26th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean Up Site A &#8211; 200 S. Polk St., DeSoto, TX 75115<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean Up Site B &#8211; 1500 N. Polk St., DeSoto, TX 75115<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean Up Site C &#8211; 250 N. Elerson Rd., DeSoto, TX 75115<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean Up Site D &#8211; 1415 N. 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DeSoto\u2019s City Manager\u2019s Office also schedules monthly clean-ups on the last Friday of every month and cleaned-the area around the I-35e frontage road at Wintergreen on Friday, March 25th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can view many more photos from our clean-up event on DeSoto\u2019s Facebook page: <a href=\"Facebookto:www.facebook.com\/desototx\">www.facebook.com\/desototx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>101 Volunteers Collect 125 Bags of Litter and Fill 7 Trucks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1279,7136,7135,7137,7138],"class_list":["post-17805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-desoto","tag-desoto-clean-up","tag-desoto-mayor-rachel-l-proctor","tag-desoto-parks-and-recreation-department","tag-volunteers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RESIDENTS GIVE DESOTO A GOOD SPRING CLEANING - Garland Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RESIDENTS GIVE DESOTO A GOOD SPRING CLEANING - Garland Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"101 Volunteers Collect 125 Bags of Litter and Fill 7 Trucks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Garland Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-31T12:57:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-31T12:57:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garlandjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DeSoto-Clean-Up.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Garland Journal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Garland Journal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/\",\"name\":\"RESIDENTS GIVE DESOTO A GOOD SPRING CLEANING - Garland Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garlandjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DeSoto-Clean-Up.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-31T12:57:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-31T12:57:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fd46b883c5b13b4bf588043fadd230d1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/17805\/news\/residents-give-desoto-a-good-spring-cleaning\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garlandjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DeSoto-Clean-Up.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garlandjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DeSoto-Clean-Up.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Another DeSoto Clean Up. 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