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Page 2 • Teens: Get Some Skills to Help Shape Your Future • New Moon (and New Year) Rising Celebrate the Lunar New Year • Help Put Our Best Foot Forward, Become a Community Ambassador
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* Due to the New Year's and Christmas holidays, carts will not be serviced on 1/1/19 or 12/25/19. Services will be moved to the next calendar day for all subsequent service days.
Please use green cart for mixed recycling
Recycle Your Christmas Tree Recycle your Christmas tree for mulch and other purposes! Here’s how:
Please use gray cart for yard waste
Your brown trash cart is serviced weekly. The yard waste and mixed recycling carts are serviced every other week, according to this schedule.
• Remove trees from stands. • Remove ornaments, lights, tinsel, and metal rod supports from trees.
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Did your child turn 5 years old on or before December 1, 2018? Registration for the 2019–2020 school year begins January 9 in the Elk Grove Unified School District.
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Savor the delicious flavors of Elk Grove during Elk Grove’s Restaurant Week. For ten days, local participating restaurants are offering unique menus with a portion of your bill benefiting the Elk Grove Food Bank. This event is organized by the City, Explore Elk Grove, and the Elk Grove Chamber of Commerce in partnership with local restaurants.
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Eat Well and Do Good Elk Grove Restaurant Week January 18-27
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The City does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to, access to, or operations of its programs, services, or activities. Questions, concerns, or complaints may be forwarded to the City’s ADA Coordinator.
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City of Elk Grove Recycling & Green Waste
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Place your tree curbside next to your green waste container by 6 a.m. during the weeks of December 31 (excluding New Year’s Day), January 14, or January 28.*
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* Trees taller than 6 feet must be cut into 3-foot or shorter pieces and placed in your green waste container. Please ensure pieces fit completely with the lid closed.
Walk with Me Monday, January 21 Program begins at 8:30 a.m. | Sacramento City College (3835 Freeport Blvd.)
Join the City of Elk Grove, MLK365, and our regional community in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at March for the Dream. This march and diversity expo promote understanding and celebrate our diversity. Take the purpose a step further, invite someone from another race, religion, or cultural background to walk with you—with us. Look for the Elk Grove banner at the start of the march in front of the Sacramento City College Bookstore and then join us after the march at the Diversity Expo inside the Sacramento Convention Center. For event details, visit www.elkgrovecity.org/mlkday
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Page 3 • Pet Food Drive • “Calling All Princesses” Annual Spring Tea Fundraiser • Get “Lost in the 50s” Page 4 • Want to Schedule a Pickup? Page 5 • Recycling & Green Waste Calendar 2019 Page 6 • Which Cart is it This Week? • Recycle Your Christmas Tree