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City-Toyota Green Clean-up Project
Helping to
beautify San Antonio
 The City of San
Antonio has teamed up with Toyota to create the
City-Toyota Green
Clean-Up Project. The
project that was introduced by
City leaders during the City Council Ceremonials on Thursday,
will target
17 sites throughout the city that range
from trash collection and curb maintenance to brush clean up, tree
planting and painting.
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The mission
Beginning September 22 through September 26, volunteer crews, made up
of Toyota team members and their on-site suppliers, will begin work
in area parks in each of the 10 council districts. Toyota and its
on-site suppliers pledged 340 team members for the clean up effort,
combined.
Toyota's on-site suppliers include
Avanzar Interior Technologies, Futaba Industrial Texas Corporation,
MetoKote Corporation, Millennium Steel of Texas, Reyes Automotive
Group, Toyota Logistics Services and Vutex, Incorporation. The
City-Toyota Green Clean-up Project will continue from October 6 to
October 10.
The accomplishment
By the end of the two weeks of this
joint venture between the City and Toyota, the clean-up team will
have volunteered over 17,000 hours of their time and saved the City
an estimated value of more than $273,235.
Toyota and its suppliers are dedicated to the San Antonio community.
"Toyota has proven to be a true community partner by not only
investing in our workforce, but also by helping to beautify our
city," said Mayor Phil Hardberger.
Toyota's dedication
Besides the launch of this clean-up project, the manufacturer opened
up a Visitor and Education Center this week. The interactive museum
includes exhibits of
exercises similar to those Toyota uses to train its workers and a
trivia game that lets visitors build a virtual truck by adding parts
each time they answer correctly. Also on display are a working
assembly robot and a 1964 Toyota Stout pickup. In January, Toyota
will begin conducting tours of the San Antonio plant.
Since it's opening in 2006,
Toyota has produced over 226,000 full-size Tundra trucks.
Clean-up projects
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Date |
District |
Location |
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Sept. 22 |
1 |
Brackenridge Park |
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Sept. 23 |
2 |
Lincoln
Community Center/Park/Pool and Old City Cemetery |
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Sept. 24 |
3 |
Southside
Lions Park and Harlandale Park |
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Sept. 25 |
4 |
Arnold
Park and Palo Alto Terrace |
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Sept. 26 |
5 |
Normoyle
Park |
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Oct. 6 |
6 |
Cuellar
Park and Oscar Perez Park |
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Oct. 7 |
7 |
Woodlawn
Lake Community Park and Garza Park Poolhouse |
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Oct. 8 |
8 |
O.P.
Schabel Park and Bamberger Park |
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Oct. 9 |
9 |
McAllister
Park |
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Oct. 10 |
10 |
Brian McClain Park and Friesenhahn Park |
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