McLendon-Chisholm launches 2026 Spring Cleanup, volunteers needed April 25

McLendon-Chisholm is recruiting volunteers for a spring cleanup push that city leaders hope will make an immediate, visible difference on the roads and drainage corridors residents use every day. The city’s 2026 Spring Cleanup Campaign calls for a community clean-up event Saturday, April 25, starting at 7:00 a.m.

City Hall, 1371 West FM 550, is the central hub for city communications and is the place residents can call for the most current logistics at 972-524-2077. As of this week, the city’s public announcement sets the start time but does not spell out a route map, specific roadway segments, or neighborhood cleanup zones.

The “before-and-after” impact the city is chasing is straightforward: less litter on rights-of-way and fewer loose plastics, cups, and fast-food bags funneled into curb inlets after spring storms. In Rockwall County, that roadside trash does not just look bad; it can obstruct storm drains and worsen ponding on streets during heavy downpours, and it can move through the drainage network toward Lake Ray Hubbard, a key regional water body where runoff carries sediment and pollutants.

McLendon-Chisholm has treated the cleanup as a recurring civic program, not a one-off. City notices from recent years describe a combined model: residents use City Hall as a drop-off site for bulky household items while volunteers simultaneously pick up litter off the roadway. In the city’s 2024 spring cleanup notice, McLendon-Chisholm’s Code Compliance Department partnered with Community Waste Disposal (CWD) Services, required proof of residency, and limited participation to residents rather than contractors, businesses, or people outside the community.

Those earlier notices also show how tightly the city manages what can be hauled in. Accepted items have included non-Freon appliances, furniture, scrap metal, lumber, and mattresses and box springs. Items not accepted have included Freon appliances, automotive products and parts, chemicals and paint, tires, demolition or construction debris, brush and tree limbs, and TVs. The city has not yet posted the 2026 accepted-items list in the April 9 campaign announcement.

For residents who want real-time updates as cleanup details are released, McLendon-Chisholm is also pushing its text-alert system: text “MCINFO” to 91896 to opt in. The cleanup effort is being coordinated under the city administration led by City Manager Fabrice Kabona, with Public Works Manager Mark Woodruff overseeing the systems that clogged storm drains can overwhelm first.