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Town Clean Up

Posted on: June 21st, 2011

Gold Hill Town Clean Up

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Four Dumpsters arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. – 2 for junk, one for metal, and one for wood.  Please don’t come with stuff earlier than that.  The last dumpsters will leave between 3:00 and 4:00.

I’m still trying to find out exactly what is allowed in the metal container (i.e., barbed wire or no barbed wire, etc.)

In the wood container, the wood must be untreated (no paint, preservatives, no plywood, etc.)

NO Appliances containing refrigerant gas (freezers, air conditioners, or refrigerators).       On clean up day (only) these items will be accepted free at the County’s Waste Transfer Stations at Allenspark or Nederland – doors must be removed.

NO Recyclables

NO Demolition debris

No Household hazardous waste

No Tires

No Electronics – in the dumpsters. We will be accepting (and charging for – since they will be charging us) hard to recycle stuff including electronics and #6 foam.

To volunteer, contact Kris Gibson: 545-9670 or kgkeewee@nullnetzero.net or Gretchen Diefenderfer: 442-3847 or gretchend@nullmac.com.

Isn’t it amazing how stuff piles up!?  This is your chance to clear it out.

Here’s more info from Kris on our

Town Clean Up –
This is a community building tradition that Gold Hill can be proud of. Gold Hill natives remember this event from when they were children as a time when the entire town came out. They cleaned up the cemetery, the gully along Gold Run Rd and the creek bed running along Gold Run St. Children and adults worked together and shared in baked goods and lemonade.

The Town Clean Up… is a chance to help out your neighbor with hauling, loading, unloading etc.Consider cleaning up an old dump site… there are many off in the woods from the mining days and forward, piece by piece we have cleaned up our surrounding land. Barbed wire for example is treacherous… for horses and hikers.
The new twist to this old timey event is the ability and capacity to re-use and recycle. Please be mindful of what you consider trash and re-cycle everything you can. In that vein, we can set aside a place for lightly used items akin to a garage sale, only … these items are give aways. You must commit to taking it back if it does not get taken!
And a cautionary note: this can be a potentially hazardous day with trucks, volunteers, dogs, kids etc. Please, please come with your best manners and lots of patience. Drive slowly and cautiously. Many thanks to Brian and Chris for use of the Bluebird Lodge parking lot and to our west end neighbors for their allowing the chaos for the day to occur right outside their door.

Gretchen Diefenderfer