{"id":473460,"date":"2025-12-26T19:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/473460\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:52:16","slug":"want-to-clean-your-neighborhood-dallas-residents-can-borrow-lawn-equipment-for-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/473460\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to clean your neighborhood? Dallas residents can borrow lawn equipment for projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A Dallas city initiative offers <a href=\"https:\/\/dallascityhall.com\/departments\/codecompliance\/Pages\/hand-tool-program.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dallascityhall.com\/departments\/codecompliance\/Pages\/hand-tool-program.aspx\">neighborhood volunteers with free access<\/a> to gardening and cleanup tools in an effort to support community beautification projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Community Hand Tool Program, offered by the Department of Code Compliance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1313844934109550&amp;set=pb.100064521677366.-2207520000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1313844934109550&amp;set=pb.100064521677366.-2207520000\">makes landscaping equipment available at no cost<\/a> to qualified neighborhood groups and nonprofit organizations. <\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GZ3DHZO4QPY6JSTPOMKCI3NDJE.jpg\" alt=\"Large shorelines surround Lake Ray Hubbard, a Dallas water source. \"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The program is designed to help residents maintain green spaces, manage vegetation and remove litter during weekend cleanup efforts or other local beautification events. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Volunteer groups that qualify for the program can borrow a range of tools \u2014 including lawnmowers, string trimmers, hedgers, pole saws, rakes, brooms and shovels \u2014 on a first-come, first-served basis. Equipment is loaned for planned projects in all areas of the city. <\/p>\n<p>Requirements <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">To participate, groups must be recognized nonprofit organizations, neighborhood associations or other community-based organizations, and they must submit requests at least two weeks before their planned use of equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Volunteers are also required to <a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/9ffb753fbe284a6a94b0ff1cf891873d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/9ffb753fbe284a6a94b0ff1cf891873d\">complete an equipment loaner agreement<\/a> and attend a safety and training presentation before taking tools home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dallascityhall.com\/departments\/codecompliance\/keep-Dallas-beautiful\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dallascityhall.com\/departments\/codecompliance\/keep-Dallas-beautiful\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Keep Dallas Beautiful<\/a> is an initiative that is part of broader efforts by the Code Compliance Department to engage residents and local groups in maintaining neighborhood standards and improve the quality of life throughout Dallas. <\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766778736_663_EEAAH75IXRHUPIIO2ZJ7L3S5FE.jpg\" alt=\"Patron Ana Pena looks through fabrics at the fiber arts workroom on Wednesday, Oct. 22,...\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">City officials encourage interested groups to contact Keep Dallas Beautiful if they are interested in partnering on cleanup or beautification efforts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">For more information, volunteer groups may call the Code Compliance office at 214-670-5708 or reserve tools through the<a href=\"https:\/\/dallascityhall.com\/departments\/codecompliance\/Pages\/hand-tool-program.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dallascityhall.com\/departments\/codecompliance\/Pages\/hand-tool-program.aspx\"> city\u2019s online reservation system.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Dallas city initiative offers neighborhood volunteers with free access to gardening and cleanup tools in an effort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":473461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14840,14841,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-473460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-city-council","11":"tag-dallas-city-hall","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115787619074990237","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}