City of Crestview is excited to announce the 3rd annual Keep Crestview Beautiful clean-up initiative.

The City of Crestview is excited to announce the 3rd annual Keep Crestview
Beautiful clean-up initiative. The initiative will run from April 12 to April 26. As with previous
years, we will provide manned dumpsters around the city for our citizens to use for free. We
will also have volunteer opportunities for community members to join us in the clean-up effort.
“The response from our community in previous years has been amazing,” Mayor JB Whitten
said. “It speaks to our citizens’ love for our city, and I know we will have an even greater
response this year.”
Over the previous two years as a community, we have collected hundreds of tons of roadside
debris, mattresses, tires, and old appliances. We have had close to 500 hours of volunteer
labor and participated in Habitat for Humanity builds and cemetery clean-ups. City staff and
volunteers have helped dozens of elderly and disabled citizens catch up on property
maintenance. All to keep Crestview beautiful.
“Reducing blight is an important step in crime reduction,” Police Chief Stephen McCosker
said. “When criminals see that our community is cared for, they know that our citizens will not
tolerate crime or the perception of crime.”
The dumpster locations will be Old Spanish Trail Park on Stillwell Blvd, Allen Park, located at
895 McClelland St., and Wildhorse Dr. between 114 and 122 Wildhorse. Employees will be
stationed at these locations from 9 am to 7 pm daily.
This year we will be more selective about what people can bring to the dumpsites. Mattresses,
tires, general household items, small appliances, and electronics are the items we will accept.
We will not take hazardous materials like paint, fluorescent lighting, chemicals, car batteries,
construction debris, or yard waste.
We want to remind citizens that large appliance disposal, furniture disposal, and yard waste
pickup are part of the weekly garbage service provided by Waste Pro. For more information
on our refuse service, please visit https://www.cityofcrestview.org/418/Solid-Waste-GarbageInformation or call 850.682.1560.
If citizens need to dispose of hazardous waste such as paint, chemicals, or car batteries, they
can do so at Okaloosa County’s drop-off site located at 1759 S. Ferdon Blvd. For more
information, you can visit https://myokaloosa.com/pw/environmental/hazardous-waste or call
850.301.2013.
For those interested in volunteering or if you know of individuals that could use assistance,
please contact the Crestview Police Department at 850.682.3544 ext. 7.
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