Cottage Grove Heights Community Coalition

Earth Day is April 22nd but, every day is Earth Day to:
Friends of Roseland Heights!
 Members & Residents,
As Friends of the Roseland Heights, I know you care about this community's, schools & parks and understand how important they are to our neighborhood. RHCA is working in all parts of the neighborhood, you can rest assured that we will ensure that this community remains beautiful and green. But we need your help.
  Please join us throughout the month of April, as we host numerous volunteer work days. Since we know many of you work our plan is to let you work with your block club and your neighbors to do your volunteer work days on whatever days you can.
 The clean-up areas this April 2011 are: Alleys & Vacant HousesAlleys: These areas are usually neglected when it comes to spring clean-up so ORGANIZE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. Encourage everyone on your block to join together in the clean -up. Clean up all GARBAGE and litter (put in carts), cut down and bag all weeds, weed trees and bushes. Also rake up leaves and dead plants. These bags should be placed on the ground outside the carts.
Remember:• Don't fill Garbage carts, cans or bins so full the lids won’t close
 • Plastic bags of garbage not in a carts or bins will not be picked up; garbage must be placed in carts.
•  Clean up Dog feces;  rats eat it!
• Junk, old cars, tires, lumber, tree branches, and large debris must be called in for bunk pick up.
* Call 311 and ask the Department of Streets and Sanitation to send an inspector into your neighborhood to enforce the City’s Sanitation Code for Alley behind vacant homes. However you should clean the area even if the house is VACANT!    We are all in this together
RAT-PROOF TIPS • Rid outdoor areas of old lumber, brick piles, junk autos, old equipment or any other debris that potentially shelters rats. • If you need to store any of the above materials, place them at least 18 inches above ground (or floor) level and at least one foot away from any wall or fence.
• Look for holes in pavement or walls.• For larger openings, it may be necessary to first cover the open area with hardware cloth and then solidify the opening with fresh concrete or blacktop as needed.
• Give careful attention to the exterior doors, making sure any opening between the door and floor is too small for rats and mice to enter (less than three eighths of an inch) 
 
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!