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This is DRB Media Communications Digital News. A Community cleanup on Odessa’s Southside starting at M.L.K. Jr. Street was hosted by the Black Chamber of Commerce of the Permian Basin at the Woodson Boys and Girls Club. Danny Barrera has the story.
Odessa, Texas/April 25, 2026-The Black Chamber of Commerce of the Permian Basin along with Keep Odessa Beautiful held their annual Spring community cleanup event. Odessa City Councilman District 1 Eddie Mitchell along with members of the Black Chamber, residents and students helped with the cleanup.
(Darlene Mays, Volunteer-Woodson Boys & Girls Club/Member-Black Chamber of Commerce of the Permian Basin/Odessa, Texas)
“Not only in the south side Odessa, but the entire city limits, Odessa, it’s very important that we clean up our trash.
We have citizens that come through. We want to make sure, first of all, that the people that live here have a clean property around them, at their homes and other homes, that there’s not trash just blowing everywhere, that you should put your trash in the trash can. And if all, you should bag your trash before putting it in there. That way they don’t blow with the high winds that we have this time of year. They don’t blow and stick to the mesquite that are. They’re very important that we beautify our home, first of all, and then the other lots that are around the city limits of Odessa, we want a clean city.”
Residents in the heart of southside Odessa have renewed pride in keeping District 1 clean and free from trash. Cleanup efforts began along M.L.K. Jr. Street near the Woodson Boys & Girls Club, with volunteers working in surrounding neighborhoods and the nearby cemetery in Odessa’s Southside.
(Darlene Mays, Volunteer-Woodson Boys & Girls Club/Member-Black Chamber of Commerce of the Permian Basin/Odessa, Texas)
“It’s very important to have our students, our teenagers, even our young. It can be or it is a family event. That way you’re teaching them from the ground up. That trash belongs in the trash can. It also teaches them that wherever they go, they should make sure that the properties around them is clean as well. So, it’s teaching not just for now, but for generations to come.”
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For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.
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