The Canton Street Department introduced the B.A.N. program in 2006. Department employees will assist neighbors with their neighborhood clean-up project. The specifications and available dates are listed below. If you are interested in scheduling the department to assist with your neighborhood clean-up, please print and submit the application. Objective: Establish a public/private partnership aimed at fostering neighborhood beautification through a dedication of public resources to those neighborhood groups willing to assist the City in this process. Litter abounds in Canton, Ohio. This program is based upon the premise that the City has a degree of responsibility in doing what it can to alleviate the trash and litter problems within its borders. Government cannot resolve every problem with which it’s confronted. Acknowledging that the litter problem is beyond our ability to handle, it has become necessary to enlist the support of our citizenry to mitigate the effect of this problem. The BAN-Litter program offers an approach purporting to establish concrete, scheduled dates for the City and neighborhood groups to partner to clean up our City, one neighborhood at a time. By so doing, we hope we can foster an extreme awareness of the importance of keeping Canton clean. We also hope that through the neighborhood approach, we can infuse our citizenry with a new-found pride. How it Works: The City will set aside up to 9 days between April 1 and October 31st of each year for neighborhood cleanups. The Street Department will administer the program. The City is willing to flex the pre-established dates to better match up with the organization’s needs. Any individual or organization within the City can apply for one of the available dates. Applying does not guarantee that your needs will be met, but we will try to accommodate all. Once an application is approved, the Street Department will notify the applicant of same, and then begin the planning process. Should the application not be approved, we will notify the applicant and insure they understand why their application was denied. What will the Street Department do? We will pick up litter on public and private property in conjunction with the residents. If we encounter conditions beyond the scope of the cleanup, we will note the problem and follow it up through the administrative process. This would likely involve sending notice to owners of the offending property. The Street Department will sweep the streets in the target area. In anticipation of the sweep, we will post streets to eliminate parked vehicles. We will clean catch basin tops, patch streets as required, remove graffiti, etc. All bags of trash collected will be picked up and hauled away. There will be a follow-up inspection a day or so later to ensure that the areas was thoroughly cleaned. 2008 Dates:   April 7th, April 21st, May 19th, June 16th, July 21st, August 11th, September 1st, September 22nd and October 13th. (strike-out dates have already been reserved). Print application here