Seven-year-old Phoebe Mangouras (right) and sister, Kristina, 4, empty their dust pans into a garbage bag after sweeping twigs, leaves and other debris from the sidewalk along Park Lane during the Downtown Kirkland Clean Sweep Saturday, May 2. - Carrie Wood/ Kirkland Reporter
Carrie Wood/ Kirkland Reporter
Seven-year-old Phoebe Mangouras (right) and sister, Kristina, 4, empty their dust pans into a garbage bag after sweeping twigs, leaves and other debris from the sidewalk along Park Lane during the Downtown Kirkland Clean Sweep Saturday, May 2.

Downtown Kirkland gets a Clean Sweep

By CARRIE WOOD
Kirkland Reporter Editor
May 2, 2009 · 11:27 AM

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Family, neighbors and city leaders dispersed onto the streets of downtown Kirkland with rakes and brooms and gave the city a spring cleaning on Saturday, May 2.

During the Downtown Kirkland Clean Sweep event, dozens of volunteers, including City Manager Dave Ramsay, spruced up the streets, pulled weeds and got the downtown area ready for a busy summer season.

Along Park Lane, Phoebe Mangouras, 7 years old, and younger sister, Kristina, 4, swept up twigs and leaves into their mini dust pans.

"Before we got here, they weren't very excited about cleaning," said their Grandma, Kris Bennett. But once they started cleaning, they couldn't be stopped, she said.

Afterwards, volunteers enjoyed a barbecue at The Grape Choice wine shop, compliments of the Kirkland Downtown Association.

Contact Kirkland Reporter Editor Carrie Wood at editor@kirklandreporter.com or 425.822.9166 ext 5050.

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