Philadelphia

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signs executive action announcing plan to clean the city

Philly workers will collect trash, sweep streets, fill potholes and deal with illegal dumping over the course of 13 weeks

The new Clean and Green Initiative is expected to begin in the coming weeks.

The entire city of Philadelphia is supposed to be cleaned up this summer.

Mayor Cherelle Parker is making moves on her promise to make the city cleaner and greener.

Today, the mayor signed an executive order creating her clean and green cabinet while announcing an ambitious endeavor to clean every block and address quality of life issues over the summer season.

It's going to be a busy summer for the city with plans over a 13-week span.

Residents who spoke with NBC10 on Friday are hoping it actually gets done.

"All Philadelphians want a cleaner, safer, greener Philly. This is what I mean when I say, 'One Philly,'" Parker said.

It's an ambitious plan with a team of 38 people tasked with finding ways to make Philly cleaner and greener as efforts are expected to ramp up in the next few weeks.

“Cleaning every neighborhood, every block at a time by fixing potholes, fixing abandoned property, vacant cars, abandoned autos. We got the people here to do it we’re excited," Director of Clean and Green Initiatives Carlton Williams said.

For South Philadelphia resident Duncan Lloyd, the effort could be a way for the city to make a good first impression on visitors.

"Obviously summer is a big tourist time for folks to come in to Philadelphia and, like, first impressions go a long way," Lloyd said. "So, if you're not from the city and see a cleaner, more kept up Philadelphia, I think you'll want to come back."

We're told that city workers will collect trash, sweep streets, fill potholes, fix abandoned properties and deal with illegal dumping.

Many residents have some questions after Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced plans to clean every single block in the city. This comes one week after the homeless encampment in Kensington was disbanded. NBC10's Aaron Baskerville reports. 

It's a long list of issues that people have been complaining about for decades. Many are now hopeful that they'll finally be addressed.

The city says they'll release a schedule showing when every neighborhood will be cleaned soon.

Note: This story has been updated to remove a misattributed quote.

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