Public Works Department

Volunteer Programs

Chesapeake: The City that Cares. The Adopt a Highway and Adopt a Garden programs are designed to make it clear to visitors and residents alike that we care about our City and the way it looks. For years, these two programs have helped the City and volunteers like you improve the appearance of our roadways and roadside gardens while reducing the cost of litter removal. Without you this would not possible!

Anyone! Local community organizations and clubs, churches, synagogues, businesses, families, even individuals aged 18 years or older. Groups with members younger than 15 must have adult supervision when working their adopted location.

The program gives you a way to show pride in your community. You also get recognition for your efforts on the Adopt a Highway/Adopt a Garden signs along your adopted route or near your adopted garden. Picking up trash along a roadway and/or maintaining a garden is an easy, team-building project that takes no finanical committment and only a few hours each quarter.

Adopt-a-Highway:

Volunteers in this program adopt a roadway for a distance of approximately two miles. Depending on whether the road they adopt is a multi-lane road like Battlefield Blvd. or a residential street, the volunteers can elect to take one side of the roadway or both. The group picks up litter and illegal signs within the City’s Right-of-Way (which will be identified for them on a map provided at the time of final adoption). We ask that each organization make a two-year commitment to collect litter along your selected stretch of roadway. Each quarter your volunteers go out in the bright orange vests provided by the City and pick up the litter, bagging it in the bags provided and leaving them for pick-up by Public Works. Illegal signs can be stacked beside the bags.

Adopt-a-Garden:

In this program volunteers select a roadside or intersection garden to plant and maintain. Again, we ask that each organization make a two-year commitment to their garden. The group itself, together with Public Works, selects and provides suitable planting materials. The City will provide orange safety vests.

Return the interest form or call (757) 382-CITY (2489).

Adopt a Highway/ Adopt a Garden application

Adopt a Highway/ Adopt a Garden brochure

Thanks to the following groups that have joined the program!

GROUP	LOCATION
Deep Creek Lions	George Washington Highway
Treloron Maintenance Service	Grassfield Parkway
Las Gaviotas Homeowner's Association	Las Gaviotas community roads and medians
Chesapeake Marine Corps League	KEMPSVILLE ROAD BETWEEN VOLVO AND GREENBRIER PARKWAYS
Contours Express	SAM'S CIRCLE
	BATTLEFIELD BLVD.  BETWEEN SAM'S DRIVE AND OAK GROVE ROAD
Cub Scout Pack 828	BACK ROAD
Deep Creek Ruritans Club	GEO WASHINGTON HWY. S. BETWEEN CEDAR ROAD AND DOMINION BLVD.
Islamic Sea Scouts Ship 670	BATTLEFIELD BLVD. BETWEEN OAK GROVE ROAD AND OAK GROVE ROAD
Kiwannis Club of Great Bridge	VOLVO BETWEEN GREENBRIER AND BATTLEFIELD BLVD
Parrot Head Club	BATTLEFIELD BLVD SOUTH BETWEEN BENFIT ROAD AND SAINT BRIDES ROAD WEST
Post #2894 VFW	ETHERIDGE MANOR BLVD.
Southside Lions Club	PROVIDENCE ROAD
St. Brides Correctional Center	SANDERSON ROAD BETWEEN INDIAN CREEK AND CEDARVILLE
United Community of Al-Islam	GEO. WASHINGTON HWY DOMINION BLVD BETWEEN CEDAR AND MILITARY
USCG Finance Center	EDEN WAY BETWEEN GREENBRIER AND VOLVO
Volunteers in Youth Service	OAK GROVE ROAD
Western Branch Lions Club	WOODLAND DRIVE
USS Florida	GREENBRIER PKWY BETWEEN VOLVO AND MILITARY HWY
Nancy Chandler Realty	CEDAR ROAD BETWEEN ALBEMARLE AND BELLS MILL RD
	GREAT BRIDGE BLVD.BOTH SIDE: RIVER- WALK PKWY TO RIVERWALK PKWY
Great Bridge Women's Club	ALBERMALE DR. & CEDAR RD., AND ALBERMARLE DR. & BATTLEFIELD
Sunlight Church	1 MILE ON HEAD OF RIVER (CENTERVILLE BATTLEFIELD)

 

• Wear brightly colored clothing, the orange safety vest provided by the City, gloves and hard-soled shoes.

• Bring drinking water to the site in hot weather and take breaks as necessary.

• Car pool to the work location.

• Do not bring children younger than 15 years old or pets to the site.

• Work in groups facing oncoming traffic.

• Work only on clear days and only during daylight hours. Avoid working during peak traffic hours.

• Avoid working on bridges or overpasses.

• Watch out for bees, snakes and poisonous plants.

• Do not pick up any hazardous material or material of which you are unsure. In these situations call Public Works Department at (757) 382-6882 or the Chesapeake Fire Department at (757) 382-6297.

• If anyone approaches you concerned about your removing signs along your stretch of road, discontinue removal and report back to Public Works that the signs remain in place.

• Please do not overfill trash bags since injuries are more common when bags are overfilled.

• Leave the filled bags beside the roadway, but away from the edge of pavement, and call Public Works at (757) 382-6882 to arrange for collection.