Goochland County seeks volunteers for community clean-up June 27

Goochland County is calling on volunteers to spend the morning of Saturday, June 27, clearing garbage, litter and debris from roadsides across the county, with a staging area at the Central High Cultural and Educational Complex, 2748 Dogtown Road. The cleanup will run from 8 a.m. to noon, and county officials say they expect a visible difference along some of the county’s most-used corridors by the time crews wrap up.

Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. Residents can sign up through the county form or contact General Services at 804-556-5340, and the county says volunteers should wear solid shoes and bring heavy-duty gloves if they have them. Trash pickers, bags, vests, hand wipes and trash grabbers will be available at Central High, giving volunteers a ready-made way to move quickly from check-in to cleanup.

The June 27 effort is designed to help keep Goochland beautiful by pulling litter off roadways, but the county is also making it possible for residents to work closer to home. People who want to organize a small-area cleanup can pick up and return materials at Central High, and homeowner associations or neighborhoods can arrange separate cleanup efforts in advance. The county also says there will be additional cleanup opportunities in September 2026 and April 2027, keeping the work on a regular calendar rather than treating it as a one-day push.

Goochland’s broader litter-control effort includes the Clean Goochland Council, a citizen-led group that helps prevent and remove trash from county roadsides and partners with General Services on roadside cleanups. The county also runs a sign-removal program aimed at clearing signs from the road right-of-way, part of an effort to cut litter and improve safety and visibility along public roads. For river segments or streams that need attention, residents can contact Don Leftwich.

Central High is a practical staging point and a piece of county history. The complex includes indoor and outdoor public recreational amenities, a 170-seat multi-use auditorium, a cultural arts center, lab space, a demonstration and programming kitchen, interactive exhibits, a quarter-mile walking track and two multi-use fields. The original Central High School opened in 1938 as Goochland County’s only high school for African American students, replacing Fauquier Training School, which had been supported by the Julius Rosenwald Fund before it burned in 1937. After county schools desegregated under federal court order in 1969, the building became a junior high school.

Goochland previously publicized a countywide litter clean-up day on April 22 from 8 a.m. to noon, and the June 27 event fits that same pattern of recurring cleanup work. For residents who want cleaner roads, neater neighborhoods and better-kept public spaces, the county is offering a direct way to help before the morning ends.