KCCB Hosting Several Clean Up Events

KEEP COCKE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL BOARD MEMBERS RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR 2022 LITTER INDEX ASSESSMENT OF COCKE COUNTY. LITTER IS INDEXED ON A SCAL OF 1 TO 4, WITH A 1 REPRESENTING MINIMAL OR NO LITTER AND A 4 SIGNIFYING EXTREMELY LITTERED. KCCB STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS INSPECTED SEVERAL ROADS IN COCKE COUNTY AREAS AND TABULATIONS REPORT NO INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR IN COSBY AND DELRIO. POINT 1 PERCENT INCREASE IN BOTH THE GRASSY FORK/HARTFORD AREA AND CARSON SPRINGS. POINT 8 PERCENT INCREASE IN NEWPORT. A ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN BYBEE. PARROTTSVILLE AND THE EDWINA BRIDGEPORT AREA SCORED A 2.1 WHICH IS A DECREASE IN LITTER FROM LAST YEARS NUMBERS. THE OVERALL LITTER INDEX SCORE FOR COCKE COUNTY IS 2.3 WHICH IS A ONE PERCENT DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR. THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN UP IS HELD FROM MARCH THROUGH MAY TO GIVE OUR COUNTY A LITTLE SPRING CLEANING. KCCB WILL BE HOSTING SEVERAL CLEAN UP EVENTS AND THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP KEEP COCKE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL. UPCOMING EVENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.KEEPCOCKECOUNTYBEAUTIFUL.ORG