Street Cleaning & Beautification

A Strong Sweep

Thriving downtowns are clean, beautiful, and well-maintained. Since our inception, we have ensured that our sidewalks sparkle with daily litter cleanup, thanks to our Bumblebees Clean Team. Sporting can’t miss bright yellow caps and pushing rolling waste receptacles, our team traverses the BID district seven days per week, 52 weeks per year sweeping up loose litter on our sidewalks and curbs. The Bumblebees also replace nearly 2,000 bags per month in the BID’s 95 trash receptacles, preventing unsightly and unsanitary spillover. These services are supplemental and not in replacement of the efforts already being performed by the City of White Plains and the adjacent retailers and property owners. The extra 5800+ hours of cleaning dramatically enhances the visual appeal of the downtown.

Beautiful Blooms

What’s better than a clean downtown? A clean and green downtown. Our horticultural program is designed to enhance the streetscape and delight pedestrians as they traverse our business community. Forty-nine planters containing a variety of evergreens and annuals dot our most populous thoroughfares on Mamaroneck Avenue, East Post Road, Court Street, and Hamilton Avenue. These seasonal displays are tended with regular watering and oversight using an outsourced horticultural partner. We also maintain two tree pits. Our efforts are complimentary to the significant plantings also conducted by the City of White Plains and those of the White Plains Beautification Foundation in our downtown.

A Sticky Situation

Every summer we find ourselves in a sticky situation. We’re talking about bubblegum! More specifically, the bubblegum stains marring our sidewalks. Luckily, there’s a solution for that. Our GumBusters machine makes its appearance each warm weather season, steaming these pesky bits off the concrete in an environmentally-friendly fashion… and likely saving the soles of hundreds of fashionable shoes annually.