Nicole Rioles, Shape Up Somerville Coordinator, welcomes Ward 2 resident Michele Biscoe, her daughter, Kate, and Strummer to the Ward 2 cleanup in Union Square. The cleanup in Union Square was one of seven neighborhood cleanups organized by the City of Somerville for the annual spring cleanup on Saturday, May 3.

Volunteers cleaned up the parking lot and plaza in Union Square and split up into groups that spread out to the Washington Street post office, the Argennziano School at Lincoln Park and Bow Street.

Ward Two Alderman, Maryann Heuston, and Sonja Darai, Executive Director of the Somerville Women's Commission, participated in the cleanup in Union Square. Theresa Cardosa, School Committee member for Ward Two, offered volunteers commemorative t-shirts.

Ward two residents and dog owners, Michele Biscoe and Marshall Wallace, went "Beyond the Call of Doody" and cleaned the sidewalks in Union Square of dog poop. We found that some people are not cleaning up after their dogs on Somerville Avenue, Bow Street and Summer Street. The other volunteers from the neighborhood were appreciative of our efforts; several people complained about dog poop on the sidewalks on Summer Street.

After the cleanup volunteers from Ward 2 joined the neighborhood groups from around the City for a barbecue at Nunziato Field, adjacent to the off-leash recreational area.

For the second year in a row, Groudwork Somerville organized the SomerGreen Festival, an environmental education fair, at the Community Growing Center, next to Nunziato Field on Vinal Street. Local community organizations, the Somerville Dog Owners Group and the Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership participated in the Festivals well as two Somerville-based eco-businesses: Secondwind, a world leader in instrumentation and software for the wind energy industry, and eGo Vehicles, makers of battery-powered scooters.

Corporate Accountability International invited guests to take a pledge to Think Outside the Bottle: to drink public tap water instead of bottled water and support the efforts of local officials who prioritize strong public water systems over bottled water profits.