Friends of the Parkway
Students clean it up.
In partnership with Moab City, Moab Solutions started Friends of the Parkway in August 2004. The project goal is to get all 5+ miles of this beautiful in-town trail system and its spur trails adopted by groups that will remove recycling and trash from small sections of trail. Plans to expand the program to include a free lecture series, using the Parkway for inspiration, are ongoing.
Lots of people are working to keep the Parkway’s beauty shining through. Erin, from the Moab Quaker Meeting group was inspired to write this poem after doing a cleanup:
We are the Friends
We’re on the scene
To pick up trash
And keep it clean.
Quakers Erin, Austin and Jessie
We keep it clean and not so messy.
We walked the path that was bicycleable
To pick up litter both non- and re-cyclable.
Now the path is clean and pristine.
The water is clear
and the trees are green.
-- Moab Friends (Quakers) Youth Group
September 2007
Lots of people are working to keep the Parkway’s beauty shining through. Erin, from the Moab Quaker Meeting group was inspired to write this poem after doing a cleanup:
We are the Friends
We’re on the scene
To pick up trash
And keep it clean.
Quakers Erin, Austin and Jessie
We keep it clean and not so messy.
We walked the path that was bicycleable
To pick up litter both non- and re-cyclable.
Now the path is clean and pristine.
The water is clear
and the trees are green.
-- Moab Friends (Quakers) Youth Group
September 2007
One of the many Parkway entrances.
We love to see people inspired to write poetry from doing cleanups! It’s one of the great benefits of doing this sort of work. To share how the Parkway inspires you, or to get involved in a Parkway cleanup, contact us here.
To view a slideshow of how local homeless people do cleanups as "The Parkway Partners," click here.
To view a slideshow of how local homeless people do cleanups as "The Parkway Partners," click here.