Adopt-A-Street Program

The Redlands Adopt-A-Street program is similar to Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway program familiar to all drivers on California freeways. It enables interested groups to adopt a section of the city's streets. In return for conducting scheduled clean-ups of that stretch of street four times a year, the sponsors are recognized with signage located along their designated street sections. The program enables community and civic organizations, private businesses and churches to participate directly in enhancing the overall appearance of the city.
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Who Can Adopt-A-Street:

Any interested group that has the enthusiasm and dedication to make our community a better place to live can adopt a street. We welcome:
     Individual businesses and business organizations
     Neighborhood associations
     Community and civic organizations
     Church groups
     School groups or clubs
     Families
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What Do Volunteers Do:

Volunteers make the commitment to remove litter along pre-designated sections of city streets for a minimum of four times per year for a two-year period. Volunteers are encouraged to monitor conditions on their section of the street and report any problems to city staff members for follow up.
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Acknowledgement and Recognition:

Participants in the Adopt-A-Street program will be recognized on personalized signage located along their adopted street sections. Signs will be approximately 18" high by 18" wide with the Adopt-A-Street program logo, City of Redlands logo and the volunteer group's name appearing on the sign, in recognition of their commitment to the community.

Signs will be installed after the group's first cleanup event has been held and will remain for the duration of their commitment.

Groups will also be acknowledged in a comprehensive cleanup "Board of Recognition" that will be updated periodically to reflect the accomplishments of each individual group. While this is still in the development stage, we are planning to post this "Board of Recognition" online.
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The Adoption Process:

1. Contact Danielle Garcia, the Adopt-A-Street coordinator, in the Quality of Life Department at (909) 798-7655.

2. Obtain, sign and return the appropriate Adopt-A-Street Program Agreement and Volunteer Waiver of Liability forms.

3. Completed forms are reviewed by Quality of Life staff and processed.

4. Once an Adopt-A-Street proposal is approved, the Adopt-A-Street coordinator will schedule a timew for the group to pick up their supplies for each volununteer. This includes: trash bags, safety vests, and sturdy gloves. The Adopt-A-Street coordinator will continue to work with the adopting organization's lead contact person.

5. Following each cleanup event, adopting organizations will contact the Adopt-A-Street coordinator via e-mail or phone to send notification as to where the bags of collected trash are located.

Please bear in mind that the Adopt-A-Street coordinator will be available: Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and every other Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any messages left after these ours will be retreived next business day. From Here, the coordinator will arange for pickup of the trash as soon as possible, which may sometimes take 1 to 2 days from notification by the adopting organization.

6. Following each cleanup event the group's contact person will submit a cleanup report detailing the date and location of cleanup, number of volunteer hours and number of trash bags collected and a location for pickup.

7. Continually check our website for updates and new member of our Adopt-A-Street family of volunteers. A BIG Thanks to you from all of us in the City!!!
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