Autumn Leaves Begin To Fall... and the City Picks Them Up

The cooler temperatures have brought the changing of the colors in the Grosse Pointes and beyond.
Once green trees are now a brilliant array of orange and red and yellow.
Not only is this spectacular autumn spectrum of color among the trees, it can also be found on the ground.
This means residents from each of the Grosse Pointe communities has a standing date with rake or a leaf blower each week for the next several.
It also means crews are already beginning to work their way through the neighborhoods collecting these leaves from along the curb.
In every community, residents can rake leaves into the street along the curb in front of their house and have them swept, pushed and taken away.
A complete schedule of pickup days for each community is available online on the respective city website or by calling city offices during normal business hours.
Here’s a brief rundown of the basics for each of the five Grosse Pointe communities.

• Grosse Pointe Park— There is no set schedule for pick up in the Park, but expect trucks to return every couple of weeks to collect leaves left along the curbside.

• Grosse Pointe Shores — Pick up began Oct. 19 and continues through Dec. 3.

• Grosse Pointe Farms — Collection began Oct. 19.Residents are not place leafs in the street until 5 p.m. the day of your scheduled rubbish collection. Leaves are collected the day after your scheduled rubbish collection day.

• City of Grosse Pointe — Leaf collection began Oct. 19 and continues until Dec. 4. Only on the evening prior to the scheduled pickup day residents are asked to rake leaves on to the street.

• Grosse Pointe Woods — Leaf collection began Oct. 5 and will end the week of Nov. 30. Do not rake leaves into the street until the evening before your scheduled pick up.