ADOPT A ROAD: Pennsylvania Businesses are invited to participate in the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Road and Area Adoption Program. The program is available statewide for municipal roads, parks, neighborhood blocks, greenways, waterways and trails. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful provides a sign recognizing the volunteers’ efforts and the adopting group commits to keeping their road or area clean by coordinating a litter pick up twice a year. Adopters can get free supplies through Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania Program.

“Our program equips local businesses with the tools and resources they need to be stewards of their neighborhoods. Keeping the area surrounding your business clean and beautiful attracts more customers and makes it more appealing for other potential businesses to set up shop. We’re asking businesses to set an example in their community. Clean and beautiful communities benefit the health and safety of the whole community,” said Shannon Reiter, President of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.

Litter cleanups often divert municipal personnel from other, more essential tasks. Litter affects neighborhoods environmentally, socially and economically. The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Road and Area Adoption Program helps mitigate municipal cleanup costs.

“We are grateful for the municipalities who continue to support our program and for the local volunteers and businesses, like Zenarii, who continue to strive for a clean and beautiful Pennsylvania,” said Reiter.

The adoption program is available for individuals, groups, organizations and businesses. For more information about adopting a municipal road, park, trail or waterway, visit keeppabeautiful.org and choose Programs or contact Stephanie Larson at slarson@keeppabeautiful.org or 877.772.3673 x104.

For information about adopting a state maintained road, visit the PA Department of Transportation at www.penndot.gov and search Adopt-a-Highway.