Mayor-President Sid Edwards leads Baton Rouge cleanup day

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) – Mayor-President Sid Edwards took to the streets in downtown Baton Rouge, as he starts his process of cleaning up the city.

Community Outreach Coordinator Matthew Edwards motivated his crew from the Mayor-President’s office as they began picking up trash on North 10th Street.         

Mayor-President Sid Edwards said this is just the beginning of his plan to make major improvements as part of his “Revive EBR” master plan.

“We ran on this,” mentioned Matthew. “We want to help beautify and clean up our city.”

He said about 100 employees from his office are working to beautify the city.

“We have a couple of groups out – one at Scenic and Harding, and we have groups on Plank Road,” Matthew said. “We’re trying to chip in and clean up. We don’t want a dirty city. Baton Rouge deserves better.”

“One of the things we ran on in our campaign was public safety, and there’s not a day in our office we’re not working and planning,” Mayor-President Edwards said. “Stay tuned real soon, we’ll have some initiatives roll out.”

Mayor Edwards said the plan will be introduced at the next metro council meeting and the council will vote on it in about a month. After that, he said his plans would be put in motion.

Edwards says, “We’ve got plans in place,” Mayor Edwards said. “We need to push it through. One plan is to light Plank Road from the interstate to around South 22nd Street all the way to Airline.”
               
The elected official said his plan will focus on crime prevention, blight cleanup, infrastructure and drainage improvements and better access to mental health resources.

The Mayor-President’s office said the cleanup day is also kicking off “Love the Boot” week, which runs April 5-13, 2025.

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