Community cleanup attracts nearly 1,000

By John LaConte

EAGLE COUNTY — Take it in today, for local roads never look better than they do the day after the Eagle River Watershed Council Community Pride Highway Cleanup.Nearly 975 volunteers signed up for the event this year, or about 1.8 percent of the county’s 53,600 residents. With a large turnout this year, this year’s Community Pride Highway Cleanup saw all of I-70 from Glenwood Canyon to East Vail cleaned, as well as U.S. Highways 6, 24 and 131 in Eagle County.“We didn’t do Vail Pass, because there was too much snow,” said project coordinator Brooke Ranney. “But we did do …

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