GreenUp Ashland’s “Adopt-A-Street” program is a volunteer-driven cleanup initiative to help address the community concerns of littering on an ongoing bases with support from the Ashland Department of Public Works.

This program provides business and residents with an ongoing opportunity to maintain an area or street from May until November. Adopting a location or street requires re-enrollment each May.  Greenup also hosts a town-wide clean up activity for Earth Day. 

Adopt-a Street activities can be used as community service hours for High School students as well. 

Community Service Hours Submission Form Download

Adopt-A-Street Participant Responsibilities:

Sign up is easy and completely online. You will need to fill out the the required Volunteer/Participant Waiver and provide the street location(s) you would like to adopt.

• Returning adopters are required to re-enroll 
• If you are adopting a portion of a long road/street, then provide a start and end location.ex: Main Street from Homer to Warren.
• Pick up the adopt-a-street trash bags monthly (schedule shared via facebook)
• Either place filled adopt-a-street yellow bags with your regularly scheduled trash pickup or leave at adopted location and email adoptstreet@greenupashland.org for DPW pickup.
• Adoption pickup is done the participants leisure and on average cleaning up of locations takes about an hour. How many times you want to cleanup your adopted area is up to you.
•  If large items are found during adoption cleanup, place filled adopt-a-street bag next to debris and DPW will remove large items/debris.

Sign up for GreenUp communications here or follow their facebook page to learn more about 2026 Adopt-A-Street GreenUp Ashland Sign up and Bag Schedule