Community members are invited to ride out into the Flint Hills this weekend to help keep the local area clean and pristine.
Visit Emporia will be hosting the annual Flint Hills Green clean-up event Saturday which sees volunteers travel the Unbound Gravel course and pick up any leftover trash or materials along the way. Visit Emporia Director Lelan Dains says they were planning to hold the cleanup last weekend following Unbound Gravel, however, the weather and excitement of the weekend forced a change in schedule to Saturday morning.
Dains says it’s important to note that the majority of waste you see left behind by Unbound Riders is not intentional.
Dains add that while the event was started in order to clean up after riders participating in Unbound Gravel, he says the vast majority of trash found during the cleanup is from “local traffic.”
Residents interested in helping with the clean-up of the race course can stop by the Trusler Business Center between 8 am and 11 am to pick up supplies before heading out to the Flint Hills. For more information find the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce or Visit Emporia on Facebook.
