IN keeping with the City Council’s plans to restore Georgetown to gardenlike conditions, they will be reintroducing visits to residents by municipal inspectors.  This is to ensure that the residents maintain their yards, parapets and drains in an acceptable manner and such visits will be made in the beginning at least once per month.
In an interview with the Chronicle at her City Hall Office recently, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green explained that this was something that was done in the past but that had to be discontinued because of a shortage of inspectors to go out.
“I liked the British system we once came under. Every morning by 9, your yard and parapets had to be clean and you had to have a covered dust bin because the man in the white hat and khaki pants will come around to inspect. You had to dab your bottom house, fire side, so that when the inspector came, your place is clean and you are not charged and placed before the courts,” Chase-Green expressed.
Meanwhile, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has embarked on a comprehensive plan to involve citizens in the revitalization process of the city and will be doing so with a ‘Green Georgetown’ Volunteer Corp.
According to a statement from the M&CC, this Corp is set to use various skills available within local communities to make Georgetown the greatest cleanest City in the Caribbean.
Town Clerk Royston King said citizens will provide leadership in the various areas of environmental awareness and education; environmental counseling and guidance; cleaning and waste disposal; composting and other forms of solid waste control.
This information is expected to be filtered back to the local communities to encourage better environmental consciousness.
Citizens, who are interested in playing a part in this Corp will be distinctively recognised with badges, special t-shirts, and other identifiable materials.
King advised that those citizens interested in the initiative are welcomed to the office of the Town Clerk at City Hall to be registered.
The Town Clerk said his objective is to register at least 1000 environmental leaders. He believes that with environmental advocates in local communities and with the right sense of support, positive changes will overtake current negatives in the City.
“Register with the Georgetown Municipality to volunteer in the Green Georgetown Volunteer Corp, and make Georgetown a clean and green City,” King urged.

(Telesha Ramnarine)