The annual Citywide Cleanup Day was held this past Saturday morning at the Solon Recreation and Nature Area (SRNA) affording residents an opportunity to dispose of hard to get rid of items for free or a small fee. Bookcases, chairs, mattresses, a large sectional couch, broken flat screen TVs, some appliances, area rugs, at least one treadmill, and a vast array of other items arrived at the SRNA piled up in the back of pickup trucks, SUV’s, and cars. A small army of employees with Johnson County Refuse swiftly and deftly unloaded the junk, placing it into the backs of garbage trucks or roll off containers before hauling it to the County’s landfill for final disposal.
The annual event used to be scheduled for the week after the citywide garage sales, but City Administrator Cami Rasmussen noted that is historically a very busy time for the SRNA with the multiple trucks and additional traffic adding to the congestion during sports tournaments and other activities. Rasmussen expressed her gratitude to the crews from Johnson County Refuse for their hard work as well as to the residents who took advantage of the event to clean up unwanted items from their property, contributing toward keeping Solon clean.
