RiverSweep – Three Decades of Cuyahoga River Valley Clean-Ups
We clean up to bring awareness to areas that will one day become a future trail and/or park. In 2022, 950 volunteers removed 23 tons of trash!
RiverSweep 2022 by the Numbers
Over the course of 30 years, more than 20 thousand volunteers have helped us extract and recycle 25,166 illegally discarded tires and picked up for disposal 763 tons of trash.
The Results of Decades of Hard Work
The impact of RiverSweep on the community is undeniable. Within the Cuyahoga River watershed, new parks and trails have emerged in areas formerly targeted for illegal dumping. As a result, more than 400 acres of new greenspace have been cleaned, conserved and open to the public along with an additional 14 miles of trails.
New or expanded parks, trails and greenways have been created from RiverSweep sites. Click on the links below to learn more:
- Scranton Flats
- Hart Crane Park
- West Creek Reservation
- Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation, Rockside Rd. to Lower Harvard Ave
- Washington Reservation, Trail connection along E 49th St./expanded First Tee golf course
- Treadway Ravine, connects Cleveland Park with Jennings, near Towpath Trail
- Mill Creek Falls and trail, connection to Garfield Park
- Steelyard Commons, Towpath Trail Stage 2
Presented By
Sponsored By
With Additional Support from:
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Cuyahoga County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney |
The City of Garfield Heights |
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Cuyahoga County Office of the Public Defender |
The City of Cuyahoga Heights |
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Tremont West Development Corporation |
Slavic Village Development |
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Rumpke |
Big Creek Connects |
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PE Limited |
Metro West Community Development Organization |
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Shook Construction |
Independence Excavating |
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Sherwin Williams |
WSP |
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Lafarge |
Living Lands & Waters |
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Lubrizol |
Lake Erie Marine Trades Association |
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Chase |
On the Water Ohio |
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Trash Fish |
Ohio City, Inc. |
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Cuyahoga County Office of the Executive |
