John Minick really can’t enjoy a casual walk around Tigard these days without coming across some litter, so he never leaves his house off Greenburg Road without his litter pick-up equipment: A wheeled cart with a large compartment for litter, an open-weave bag to hold pop cans, a sharpie container, a grabber and gloves.
Minick, who has lived in Tigard for five years, and his partner Tami have always enjoyed walking, especially along Fanno Creek, “and I got tired of looking at the trash,” he said. “I first started taking along a bag to collect it and then got the cart and equipment.”
He joined the nationwide Adopt One Block program (adoptoneblock.org), where people sign up and enter their address to get a map of the closest blocks available to them and can order free cleaning supplies that are delivered to their front door.
“They encourage people to do it at least once a month, but you can do it on your own schedule,” said Minick, whose “block” is Greenburg Road to North Dakota to 95th and back to Greenburg. “I do a lot of other streets, wherever I walk,” he said. “I do Greenburg from 99W to Hwy. 217 quite frequently.”…