A passion project
Get rooted in your community. One block at a time.
Street Sweep is a community cleanup project I started over five years ago in Indianapolis. We meet up. We bring bags. We clean a block. We eat together after. That's it.
Why we do it
Indy is worth showing up for.
I started Street Sweep at FS Houses about five years ago. We had a couple of trash bags and an idea: pick a block, clean it, then go grab breakfast.
It's grown since then. We've cleaned blocks in Broad Ripple, Fountain Square, SoBro, Irvington, and a few stretches of Mass Ave. Every time, the same thing happens. Neighbors come out. Strangers swap stories. The block looks better an hour later, which is the whole point.
The long game is bigger than the bags. I want Street Sweep to grow into a city-wide thing. Neighborhoods adopting their own routes, businesses sponsoring their own blocks, people getting rooted in the city they actually live in.
How it works
Simple. On purpose.
- 01
Show up
We post the meeting spot. You walk up at 9am.
- 02
Bring a bag
We have extras if you don't. Gloves, too.
- 03
Clean a block
Pick a direction. Walk slow. Pick stuff up.
- 04
Eat together
Coffee or breakfast somewhere local after.
Upcoming sweeps
Come hang out.
Next sweep date drops in DeFelice Digest first. Sign up so you don't miss it.
Bring it to your block
Want a Street Sweep on your street?
Whether you're a neighbor, a small business, or a community group, if you want to host a sweep, I'll help set it up. The point is we keep growing it.
Bring me to your neighborhood →