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Roanoke Park 2025 Spring Cleanup!

Roanoke Park Spring Cleanup, April 26, 2026

About 20 neighbors pitched in to get the park looking awesome on Saturday, April 26!!

Spring Cleanup Success! Erin, Michael and Di picked up litter along Roanoke Road while Brian cleaned up around the bluffs above. Pete, Adam, Randy and Scott R. cut bush honeysuckle above Madison and made a giant brush pile. The plantings at Grocer’s Warehouse and Old Roadbed were raked out and weeded by Chris, Grace, Alisha, Jesse and Fletcher. Bob M. worked along Wyoming and Laurie and Lisa roamed after staffing the check in table. Lance and Joe also helped in multiple locations.

Thanks to Broadway Cafe and Roasting for the free coffee station outside the community center!

Thanks to KCMO Parks and Recreation for picking up our brush piles and trash bags.

It was a great way to celebrate Earth Day (week) and show our love to the park!

Thanks neighbors!

Spring Cleanup 2022

Spring Cleanup 2022 / Great KC Cleanup 2022

Over 50 helpers showed Roanoke Park some love on Earth Day weekend, just one slice of the city-wide GREAT KANSAS CITY CLEANUP.

Coffee provided by Broadway Cafe and Roasting awaited volunteers before they headed into the park. Many bags of litter were picked up along the trails or playgrounds. We can't give you a count because the parks department was scooping them up as fast as we filled them. Thanks to Gary, Terry, and H! One of those spots was handled by Councilman Eric Bunch and his family!

Conservancy board member Bret Kassen put in double duty! He helped cleanups as a city employee the day before then brought his whole family out for the Roanoke Park cleanup. Video evidence: instagram.com/p/CcyiWGdpA8a/

Help support Roanoke Park Conservancy by visiting our Donate Page: If you weren’t aware, we’ve been hiring a regular litter picker upper focussing around the playgrounds.
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Enjoy the park!

Regarding the map in the blowup (click the top image): We didn't get the concrete, but the other trashy spots were cleaned up. (The concrete dump was noticed Feb. 13th. We don't know who did it. Same with the grafitti tag on the bluff rocks noticed May 12th. KCMO 311 requests have been put in on both issues.)

Spring Cleanup 2025 Report