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Annual Blacks Run Clean Up Day and Arbor Day Event
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Contact Information
Harrisonburg Public Works
320 East Mosby Road
540-434-5928
Blacks Run Clean Up Day
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Annual Blacks Run Clean Up Day and Arbor Day Tree Planting
Get a group together, or your family, or just yourself, and join us on April 15, 2023, for the Annual Blacks Run Clean Up Day and Arbor Day Tree Planting event.
Can't make it on April 15? Blacks Run always needs some TLC. Get a small group together and schedule a day for your volunteers to clean up a section of Blacks Run.
Blacks Run Clean Up Day Stats
2015: 450 volunteers, 4.1 tons of refuse
2016: 500 volunteers, 2.5 tons of refuse
2017: 516 volunteers, 3.24 tons of refuse
2018: 600 volunteers, 4.12 tons of refuse
2019: 700 volunteers, 3.8 tons of refuse (and 25 tires)
2020: Cancelled
2021: 200 volunteers, 2.5 tons of refuse (hair salon hairdryer and 13 tires)
2022: 278 volunteers, 2 tons of refuse (and 8 tires)
Interested in being a sponsor, displaying at the Green Scene, or have general or registration questions?
Contact Wes Runion, Environmental Specialist, at Wesley.Runion@HarrisonburgVA.gov or 540-434-5928.
All volunteers need to complete and return the Liability and Photo Release Statement 
[114KB] prior to the event on April 15, 2023.
Parental or Guardian Liability & Photo Release form [104KB]
If you or your organization are interested in participating in a clean up at any other point during the year, please contact Public Works at Stormwater@HarrisonburgVA.gov or 540-434-5928