2023 Courtenay Annual Report

Community Members Gathered for Spring Clean-up Event On June 3, nearly two-dozen volunteers collected about 15 bags of garbage and recycling during a community initiated spring clean-up effort. This initiative aimed to inspire environmental stewardship and community engagement while fostering a sense of pride and responsibility for our local environment. Over a two-hour period, volunteers removed garbage and debris in urban and natural environments, preventing these unwanted materials from being washed into storm drains, creeks and waterways. Keeping our parks, streets, and sidewalks clean helps keep debris out of the estuary and the ocean. Collaborative Effort Restores Lands Around Millard Park Landowners, community volunteers, private business, the Comox Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, Community Cares Peer Outreach, and Youth and Ecological

The large-scale restoration on May 11 netted over 35,000 pounds of accumulated debris, collected by nearly two dozen people over the course of one day. The clean-up included six large construction bins full of debris, 27 tires, and one bin of scrap metal to be recycled.

Restoration joined forces with the City of Courtenay on a coordinated, collaborative effort to clean up a forested area spanning both public and private property near Millard Nature Park in south Courtenay.

Millard Area Clean-Up Before and After

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