Lorain County Beautiful Day 2024

A big Thank You to all who participated in Lorain County Beautiful Day! This year’s event was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024.  This is a county-wide event that brings together volunteers for a day of litter cleanup, planting and beautification projects.

Thank You for making a difference in your community and your commitment to help keep Lorain County Clean, Green and Beautiful!

    • 1,237 volunteers*
    • 19 Communities + Lorain County Metro Parks & Lorain County Community College
      • This includes numerous non-profit organizations, community leaders, scout troops, and businesses
    • 552 bags of litter collected
    • 30.52 Tons of trash collected in dumpsters provided by Republic Services for Beautiful Day weekend cleanups
    • 30.35 miles of roadways were cleaned
    • 76.1 acres of parks were cleaned
    • 2.25 miles of bike or nature trails cleaned
    • 13 playgrounds cleaned up
    • 2.25 miles of waterways cleaned!!
    • 3 Community Buildings & Homes Painted/Renovated
    • 5 bags of plastic & aluminum bottles collected for recycling
    • 64 tires collected for recycling (that’s over 1700 lbs. of tires!!)
    • 108 gardens or green spaces planted
    • 12 Edible gardens planted
    • 14 trees planted
    • 1,849 flats of flowers planted – That has to be a record!!
    • 257 baskets of flowers hung
    • 126 seedlings/shrubs planted
    • 83 lbs. of Styrofoam collected at a special event
    • 276.5 yards of mulch spread!

  • 9 communities reported in-kind donations totaling $5,592.37