Cleaning Clark Park

Keeping Clark Park clean has been a major focus of the Friends of Clark Park. We have always worked in partnership Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR) to advocate for additional trash service and provide extra resources. PPR has provided the park with 2 Seasonal Maintenance Attendants and a Park Ambassador to provide support services.

Clean Clark Park Initiative

We have heard your recent complaints about the trash situation. Since last summer, we have been working with the PPR leadership team to gain a better understanding of our options to resolve Clark Park’s trash problem. We have developed new cleanup requirements with PPR for some of our larger events while also launching a new program called Clean Clark Park.

As part of this initiative Friends of Clark Park has decided to hire in a private contractor to supplement the existing PPR Seasonal Maintenance Attendants to keep the park clean primarily on weekends during the peak season. This should help keep the park trash and litter free for everyone to enjoy.

How You Can Help

We are also performing regular monthly park volunteering events to have community groups and business help maintain the park throughout the year with clean ups, mulching, and gardening. If you know a group that is looking for monthly volunteering opportunities or want to help us yourself please let us know at Volunteer@friendsofclarkpark.org.