Groups team up to clean up Mooresville

MOORESVILLE

The northern part of Morgan County was busy with a flurry of activity over the weekend, from the Relay for Life Mooresville event taking place at the high school to the Foamtastic Fun/Run Walk at Neil Armstrong Elementary School and Touch-A-Truck event at Pioneer Park.

Slightly less noticeable were the eight teams of volunteers who took part of their Saturday morning to help make the area look a little better as part of the Mooresville Chamber of Commerce and Town of Mooresville’s joint-effort clean up day.

Teams included City Changers, team captain Jim Taylor; Town Center Church, team captain Kim Schuessler; Libertarians, team captain Danny Lundy; Team Warthen, team captain Tom Warthen; Ivy Tech, team captain Treg Hopkins; Troy the Plumber, team captain Nicole Remster; Team Williams, team captain Shane Williams; and Boy Scout Troop No. 203, team captain Sarah Cacciotti.

From up and down Indiana Street to all the way up County Line Road, the volunteers stuffed bags with the garbage they picked up, later filling the two dumpsters at Old Town Park with their collections.

According to Mooresville Town Councilman Joe Beikman, the town used to have annual cleanup days, but they eventually fell by the wayside.

Chamber president Susan Haynes said it had probably been at least 10 years since there was such an event.

“We’ve done this as a community before, but this is the first time in a few years,” Haynes said.

“We just want to get stuff cleaned up,” Beikman agreed.

Haynes said while it was a joint effort between the chamber and the town, chamber executive director Mindy Taylor was integral in organizing the event.

Despite the numerous conflicts and humid weather, Haynes said she was happy with the turnout, which came to roughly 30 volunteers.

Both Haynes and Beikman said they hope to see community cleanup days occur more frequently.

“We would like it to be an annual event, like it used to be,” Beikman said.

For more information on the Mooresville Chamber of Commerce and its events, visit its Facebook page.

By Alexis Fitzpatrick | Reporter | Published May 23, 2018 in The Mooresville-Decatur Times