# Adopt-A-Block

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## Status of blocks along Monroe Avenue:

1. <mark style="color:green;">Alliance Avenue & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
2. <mark style="color:green;">Avondale Street & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
3. <mark style="color:green;">Belmont Street & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
4. <mark style="color:green;">Crosman Terrace & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
5. <mark style="color:green;">Culver Road & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
6. <mark style="color:green;">Field Street/Engel Place & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
7. <mark style="color:green;">Harwood Street & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
8. <mark style="color:green;">Laburnam Crescent & Monroe Avenue (north side) - ADOPTED</mark>
9. <mark style="color:green;">Laburnam Crescent & Monroe Avenue (south side) - ADOPTED</mark>
10. <mark style="color:green;">Pinnacle Road & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
11. <mark style="color:green;">Rosedale Street & Monroe Avenue (south side) - ADOPTED</mark>
12. <mark style="color:green;">Rosedale Street & Monroe Avenue (north side) - ADOPTED</mark>
13. <mark style="color:green;">Shepard Street & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>
14. <mark style="color:green;">Suter Terrace & Monroe Avenue- ADOPTED</mark>
15. <mark style="color:green;">Werner Park & Monroe Avenue - ADOPTED</mark>

## Program Background & Description

In March of 2025 at the UMNA Annual Meeting the UMNA leadership team announced a new program designed to do a better job of catching all the bits of litter before they accumulate on Monroe Avenue: **Adopt-A-Block.**

**Adopt-A-Block** activates neighbors on/near every street that crosses Monroe Avenue. Each person periodically walks down to the corner and picks up the stray bits of litter along their ONE BLOCK section of Monroe Avenue. While they’re out they can keep an eye on any larger items or overflowing city trash bins and then call them in to 311. Simple & effective!

[CLICK TO ADOPT YOUR BLOCK OF MONROE AVENUE](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAga0Y3FfIbpFGBuL9uIYVogfBEMyQcfBomdza_1jQQrxnIQ/viewform?usp=sharing\&ouid=110519966697179432844)

Each person will have an official "GloMonroe Grabber" and a "GloMonroe Bucket".

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[GET YOUR GLOMONROE GEAR](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAga0Y3FfIbpFGBuL9uIYVogfBEMyQcfBomdza_1jQQrxnIQ/viewform?usp=sharing\&ouid=110519966697179432844)

This is an excellent way to participate in the success of our neighborhood in a manageable way, at your own pace and on your own schedule. It’s also an ideal way for responsible teens to make a difference.

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UMNA is grateful to Mayer Paint and Hardware for providing a discount on the 25 fire extinguishers.

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**Adopt-A-Block** has been picked up by the [Monroe Avenue Revitalization Coalition (MARC)](https://www.uppermonroe.com/hot-topics/monroe-avenue-revitalization-coalition-marc) and is being reproduced by every neighborhood group from one end of Monroe Avenue to the other. We’re working as one big team to lift up Monroe Avenue!

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