Volunteers gather to spruce Lake City up before visitors arrive

  • Garden Club members Carol Stevens and Tina Roberts pick up litter near McCray Avenue on Saturday during Lake City’s inaugural “Take Pride in Your Community Clean-Up Campaign.” (MICHAEL PHILIPS/Lake City Reporter)
    Garden Club members Carol Stevens and Tina Roberts pick up litter near McCray Avenue on Saturday during Lake City’s inaugural “Take Pride in Your Community Clean-Up Campaign.” (MICHAEL PHILIPS/Lake City Reporter)
  • Harold Chatmon and Fertima Robinson collect trash on behalf of Lake City’s Evangelistic Deliverance Miracles Revival Center. Robinson traveled from Gainesville to help beautify Lake City. (MICHAEL PHILIPS/Lake City Reporter)
    Harold Chatmon and Fertima Robinson collect trash on behalf of Lake City’s Evangelistic Deliverance Miracles Revival Center. Robinson traveled from Gainesville to help beautify Lake City. (MICHAEL PHILIPS/Lake City Reporter)

    City Manager Joe Helfenberger stood in front a map of Lake City, a general marshaling a company of volunteers in the battle against trash. As the organizer of the inaugural “Take Pride in Your Communi…