UPDATE (Friday, Sept. 26) - The Fall Beautification Day scheduled for tomorrow, unfortunately, has been CANCELED due to the rain forecast for overnight and tomorrow morning. There is no rain date scheduled. We appreciate everyone who signed up to volunteer and help Keep IT Beautiful. Stay tuned for details about the Spring Beautification Day! We'll hope for better weather.
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As part of its Keep IT Beautiful initiative, the Town of Indian Trail is hosting its first Fall Beautification Day on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Town is looking for volunteers to help us restore old headstones, plant flowers, spread mulch, and perform general clean up and maintenance at the Indian Trail Cemetery. Those interested can sign up using the Volunteer Application form. The registration deadline is Sept. 23.
Volunteers will meet at the Indian Trail Town Hall (315 Matthews-Indian Trail Road) at 7:30 a.m. for a light breakfast and safety meeting before heading to the cemetery at 8 a.m. The Town will supply all the necessary equipment. Please remember to wear comfortable clothing and closed-toed shoes.
Indian Trail's Keep IT Beautiful started in 2021 with annual Fall and Spring Litter Sweeps to address the growing litter problem along our roadways.
Fast forward to the spring of 2024, and the Town began to mow and maintain the rights-of-way along NCDOT-owned roads within the Town in addition to the Town-owned roads. This maintenance includes picking up litter a long these roadways before mowing begins.
Thanks to the hard work of the Public Works Right-of-Way crew, there is now considerably less litter along Indian Trail’s roads. While this is a good thing for the Town, the lack of litter didn’t leave a whole lot for our litter sweep volunteers to do.
So, we decided to pivot and turn the litter sweeps into Fall and Spring Beautification Days. In the Spring the Town and its volunteers will partner with an outside organization, such as a school or non-profit, on a beautification project. In the Fall, we’ll work on a beautification project at a Town-owned property.
Learn more about the Keep IT Beautiful initiative on our website.