Apr 16, 2024

'Operation Refresh' sprucing up Troy


The City of Troy this week began a widespread spring cleaning campaign of alleys, neighborhoods roads, and commercial streets.

So, if you're strolling downtown, for example, where alleys are plentiful, you may notice that much of the winter accumulation of litter and dirt has been swept away. And, as you travel around the City, you no doubt will see examples of all sort of cleanup work.

The program is known as "Troy Operation Refresh," part of new Mayor Carmella Mantello's ongoing program of attention to "quality of life" issues.

“We are pressing a refresh button with intense street and alleyway cleaning, curb to curb," Mantello says. "We are going street by street, alleyway by alleyway to create a cleaner, greener Troy, and building pride in our city. That starts with being clean.”

Part of the refreshing work is a city park rejuvenation initiative that includes such things as:

• painting
• checking city flags
• replacing all basketball nets
• cleaning and painting the fountains at Frear Park and Knickerbocker Park
• repairing the fence at Poestenkill Gorge 
• scraping and painting tennis practice walls 
• painting trash receptacles

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