Bostonians Shine Up Centre Street, Bellevue Hill in West Roxbury

This past weekend Boston Shines brought out residents across the city for organized spring clean-ups with West Roxbury focusing on the Centre Street business districtand Bellevue Hill area. 

"We took care of the flower beds and side walks from the West Roxbury Pharmacy to the Real Deal," said Tricia Sheehan, with her son Danny, 11, (pictured). "Lots of sweeping and planting! 

Sheehan added it was their second year volunteering for Boston Shines, and took pride in cleaning West Roxbury's main road, "We walk everywhere in West Roxbury... We know the stretch of Centre Street from City Lock to Holy Name like the back of our hand!"  

Residents met at 8:30 a.m. at the Hastings Street parking lot and then dispersed into the Centre Street business district to give the area a good cleaning. 

The annual Bellevue Hill Improvement Association Spring Clean-up was also held on Saturday. Volunteers cleaned up trash within the Bellevue Hill section of Stony Brook Reservation. T-shirts, work gloves, and trash bags were provided to all volunteers. 

The Bellevue Hill Improvement Association posted photos on its Facebook page, including District 5 City Councilor Rob Consalvo, who came by.

"What a great day! Thank you so much Bellevue Hill residents and park users! We had more than 40 people collect over 30 bags of trash. We had a fantastic turn out," posted the Bellevue Hill Improvement Association on Facebook.

For Sheehan, Boston Shines brought out even more pride in her community.

"Danny often tells me how much he loves living in West Roxbury, and any opportunity to make it even lovelier is fabulous. The community spirit and appreciative comments from the people who walked by really made us smile!"