Keep Americus Beautiful

08/27/2024

Please join us! Scan the code to visit the Sign up genius webpage for the 2024 National CleanUp Event!

09/17/2021

Volunteers for , Saturday, September 18th, 8am until 1pm, can report to City Hall, 101 W. Lamar Street for assignments. Or go directly to one of the NINE stations located throughout the City of Americus.

Station Locations:
McCoy Hill Park
Horton Drive
Brookdale Park
551 Horton Drive (Habitat for Humanity Office)
GSW Baseball Field (Anthony Drive)
Bell Street Park
North Jackson Street Park
City Hall
McGlamery Park (Crawford Street, HWY 49N)

09/17/2021

Scrap tires will be accepted this Saturday during the hosted by the CITY OF AMERICUS. Scrap tires can be dropped of at one of the NINE dumping stations located throughout the city limits of Americus.

Tires with RIMS WILL NOT be accepted! Tires can be wet but must NOT CONTAIN DIRT.

Dumping Station Locations: McCoy Hill Park, Horton Drive, Brookdale Park, 551 Hosanna Circle (Habitat for Humanity Office), Bell Street Park, GSW Baseball Field (Anthony Drive), City Hall, (101 W. Lamar Street), North Jackson Street Park, and McGlamery Park (Crawford Street).

Only Residential Households Can Participate. No Contractors or Businesses.

09/10/2021

and The City of Americus have organized a clean up event during , Saturday, September 18, 2021, from 8am until 1pm.

Stations to dump trash, debris and SCRAP TIRES, will be located throughout the city.

These dumping stations are: McCoy Hill Park, 106 Horton Drive, Brookdale Park, New Horizons Habitat for Humanity - Hosanna Circle, GSW Baseball Field Parking Lot, Bell Street Park, N. Jackson Street Park, City Hall, and McGlamery Park - Crawford Street.

Take advantage of this clean up event and bring your SCRAP TIRES, TRASH and DEBRIS to one of the above listed dumping stations. Help make Americus

04/09/2020

Hummingbirds are beautiful and fun to watch. You have to practice sitting very still near the feeder, but once they are used to your presence you can sit nearby and they will zoom right to the feeder.

You can make hummer food at home by boiling 1/4 cup of sugar with 1 cup of water (don't add red food coloring!). Let it cool and pour into a clean feeder.

It's very important to clean the feeder and use fresh food twice a week so these little birds don't get sick from mold in the food or feeder.

04/02/2020

During these uncertain times, the City of Americus wants to make sure you have all of the information you need in order to keep your family safe. By visiting https://www.americusga.gov
You will see a red tab near the bottom of the main page that reads COVID-19 Updates.

Here you will find:
- The city's most recent ordinances
- Maps generated by our GIS department
- Apple app information
- Plus health and safety information

Please share this information with friends and family. We know that your families are seeking information, allow The City of Americus to help guide you through. COVID-19 is very serious. If we work together and follow guidelines, we will pull through.

The city of Americus was established as the county seat of Sumter County in 1832. We are a town full of history with a constant eye toward the future.

04/01/2020

Hooray for bugs! Instead of squashing them, learn how bugs help you every day. Although there are bugs that bite us, or some that sting to defend their homes and family, most bugs are helpful critters.
Dragonflies are the colors of precious gems - sapphire blues and emerald greens - and did you know that they eat mosquitoes?!?
Ladybug larvae look like little crinkly caterpillars but they actually eat aphids that eat our garden plants.
Hover flies look like little bees but they are flies and they don't sting.
Beetles are "the largest group of animals on earth" (from Smtihsonian webpage si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/beetle) and help clean up everything from dead plants and animals to p**p! If we didn't have such a good cleanup crew, imagine how much dead stuff would be left on the ground!! Turn over a rock or dead tree branch and look for beetles and tell them thank you 😊

03/29/2020

In addition to butterflies and honeybees (which are not native to the U.S.), there are lots of native bees the are important pollinators. Besides planting lovely flowers and veggies, you can help pollinators by building them a home! It is very, very important to build the bee hotel correctly and to clean it each year. If you don't clean it, bee parasites will move in and hurt the bees. This is a long link but is a great article on the correct way to build and care for a bee hotel: https://pollinators.msu.edu/publications/building-and-managing-bee-hotels-for-wild-bees/
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03/27/2020

Songbirds can be found in a variety of colors and sizes. The fruit of Beautyberry is another treat many birds enjoy.
Many birds are very particular about the kinds of foods that they eat. Make lists of birds that prefer eating seeds and birds that would rather eat insects and insect larvae.

03/25/2020

How many birds did you find on your scavenger hunt? You can welcome more birds to your yard by putting out feeders and planting plants that provide tasty bird treats. Coneflowers, Black-eyed Susans and Sunflowers are some common flowers whose seeds are favorite bird food. Serviceberries, crabapples and other fruit trees also invite birds to visit your yard.
Do a little online research and make a list of other plants whose fruit or seeds provide good bird food.

03/23/2020

Have a backyard scavenger hunt!.
How many birds can you spot? Identify the birds using the Audubon app or Merlin Bird ID app by Cornell University.
How about different bugs? They actually have a lot of important jobs -- pollinators, food for other critters, clean-up crew (more on bugs later!).
Speaking of pollinators, how many pollinators can you find? Birds, bats, butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps and bees can be pollinators.
Pollinators go from flower to flower, which spreads pollen and fertilizes the flower, creating seeds and nuts, fruits and vegetables. Without pollinators we wouldn’t have food!!
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