Members of the West Michigan Lakeshore Association of Realtors helped organize a Michigan Department of Transportation adopt-a-highway cleanup Thursday, April 10. The realtors' community, advocacy and impact committee helps MDOT coordinate these twice a year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
Six community volunteers assisted in the cleanup of the Whitehall park and ride lot, off of Colby Street. This is almost double the amount of volunteers they had during the last cleanup, in fall 2024.
“We recruit help from family, friends, colleagues and the public is always welcome to assist as well,” committee member Angela Ferrier said. “Our group cleans the parking lot (Whitehall park and ride lot), as well as the surrounding area. We clean the fences, the road and into the woods as far as we can.”
The adopt-a-highway program consists of a two year contract where participants are required to organize a cleanup twice a year at that location, a minimum two-mile stretch. The West Michigan Lakeshore Association of Realtors has two locations, one in Whitehall and the other in Muskegon.
The next MDOT adopt-a-highway cleanup will take place in late September. Gloves and trash bags are supplied, and signup is not required. Updates and more information on the fall 2025 cleanup can be found on the State of Michigan website (www.michigan.gov) and the event should be posted on the White Lake Chamber of Commerce’s online event calendar.
