THE Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has started a bin donation campaign, urging businesses and individuals to donate garbage bins and/or bags.In a statement, the council said anyone who wishes to make such a donation can make contact with the Public Relations Division of M&CC on telephone number 225-2218.

“This is to assist the ongoing cleanup activities in different wards of the City. The Council wishes to encourage all citizens to get involved, in cleaning up their neighbourhoods and local communities,” the statement said.

RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS
The council will soon hold a series of community meetings to raise public awareness on the need for clean and healthy communities and the role citizens ought to play in such an environment.
Meanwhile, City Hall has obtained the help of the new Government and other stakeholders, and is poised for the take-off towards restoring Georgetown to its former glory and making it the most beautiful city in the Caribbean.

Mayor Hamilton Green had announced that included among the monuments and sites for restoration is a major heritage site – City Hall. He said City Hall is looking at, hopefully, putting the restoration programme together before the end of the year, but it will require experts.

While admitting that it is a big challenge, Green said that with assured support from the President and Government, City Hall is proceeding with confidence to restore Georgetown.
Minister of Finance Carl Greenidge has already given his okay, and Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has pledged his full co-operation.

Additionally, Green said he and the deputy mayor also had a meeting with the European Union (EU), during which the way forward was charted and the EU undertook to provide a team of experts to see what has to be done.