Clean & Green

Citywide Cleaning and Greening Program

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In June 2024, Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration launched the One Philly, United Citywide Cleaning and Greening Program. Its goal: To clean every neighborhood in the city over a roughly three-month period. The program started last year and now takes place twice a year on a spring/summer and fall/winter schedule.

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City-Wide Cleaning Program

The program is run by the the Office of Clean and Green Initiatives. It targets issues such as litter, illegal dumping, graffiti, abandoned vehicles, vacant lots, and nuisance properties.

The program operated from May 5 through August 1, 2025. Its progress this cycle can be tracked here. This year, a logo that says “Join the Fight” will be stenciled in areas that have been cleaned.

It generally involves the following process:

  • Notifying the neighborhood through community organizations and media
  • Sending cleaning teams equipped with brooms, shovels, weed trimmers and more to clean trash and clear fence and curb lines.
  • Sending a team of SWEEP officers patrol the cleaned area, giving warnings and citations for deliberate violations

The program is run in collaboration with various city departments, quasi-governmental agencies and nonprofits. This includes the Department of Sanitation, the Police Department’s Neighborhood Services Unit, SEPTA, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

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