Rose Tijerna, Sheriff Gean Leonard, and Barbara Sanderson, Director of the City of Galveston Parks and recreation Department

LA Morgan Renaissance Zone Down in the Gutters 
and On the Sidewalks Program  
Kicks Off April 2, 2005

On April 2, 2005, the City of Galveston will officially kick off the “Down in the Gutters and On the Sidewalks” program at the LA Morgan Renaissance Zone.

In cooperation with Galveston County and the City of Galveston, the purpose of this program is to provide for safe sidewalks and clean gutters. Supervised County volunteers will be cleaning from the sidewalk to the gutters in the L.A. Morgan Renaissance Zone Area.

Trustees from the Sheriff’s Department will assist with this process in the area surrounding the LA Morgan School, which is one of the larger flood zones in the city. By scraping gutters, this will enhance the city’s drainage issue in the area, preventing students and teachers from walking in water on their way to/from school.

The city is providing equipment, trucks, and staff time. The County is providing meals for the Sheriff’s trustees to do the work. The partnership was facilitated between the city’s Families, Children and Youth Board and the Galveston County Judge, Jim Yarbrough.

Finally, this program supports the “Don’t Even Think About It…Give Trash the Boot!” campaign, which resulted in more than 200 tons of trash being removed from city streets in two weekends during March.