May 21, 2018

The Green Street Steward program encourages volunteers to help maintain Environmental Services' green street stormwater facilities in their neighborhoods. We’ve asked volunteer stewards to report back, and the very impressive results are in for 2017:

639 hours spent volunteering

2114 gallons of trash collected

2107 gallons of debris (leaves, sticks, weeds, etc.) collected 

The Green Street Steward team is grateful for the work of community members to help maintain green streets, and we know there’s even more work happening that we don’t hear about! This year, we're thanking stewards by awarding certificates for those who went above and beyond in a few categories (total hours, debris collected, trash collected, and most interesting find).

Our individual winners were:

Most hours logged: Lyle Remington (not pictured), 64.4 hours

Most debris collected: Amy Chomowicz with 236 gallons! Amy is a City of Portland employee who takes care of a green street on her own time.

Most trash collected: Jacqueline Lidell, 42.5 gallons of trash

Most interesting find: Jeff and Sarah Lyons, a shopping cart

Our business winners were:

Most hours logged: Oregon’s Finest Green Team, 35 hours

Most debris collected: Environmental Science Associates, 430 gallons of debris

Most trash collected: Culminate Portland, 390 gallons of trash collected

Most interesting find: Murraysmith, Jack Daniels and a bike chain

We also handed out an MVP (Most Valuable Partner) award to the Surfrider Foundation, Portland Chapter for organizing monthly and special holiday volunteer events to collect a total of 616 gallons of trash throughout the year.

Thank you to all the Green Street Stewards who contributed to keeping our rivers clean this year. We look forward to all the great work that will be done in 2018!

To volunteer as a Green Street Steward, visit our website at www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/greenstreetstewards

Or email us at greenstreetstewards@portlandoregon.gov.

Don’t forget to log your hours so you too can be a winner!