Village Briefing for the week of April 6

Published 12:00 am Thursday, April 6, 2023

Closings and delays

Waste management will be on regular schedule this week and next week. There will be no delays for the Easter holiday. All Village of Clemmons offices will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 7.

Events

Join the Village of Clemmons and Morgan Elementary PTA for Clemmons Pedal and Metal Fest on Saturday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Bring your bike for a safety check and enjoy a bike ride around Village Point Greenway led by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. Explore trucks of all shapes and sizes including police cars, leaf trucks, tractors, fire trucks and more. Bring a donation for the Clemmons Food Pantry for a ride on the trackless train. Enjoy a DJ, kids crafts, live demonstrations, food trucks and more.

Clemmons Farmers Market opening day will be held from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, April 29. Note: Same place and held in conjunction with Clemmons Community Day.

Coffee with a Cop will be held from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18 at Dog-Eared Coffee Company.

Employment

The Village of Clemmons currently has job opportunities available. Find out more at clemmons.org/jobs. Current openings include public works facilities & landscape technician, equipment operator and stormwater technician I.

Clemmons Farmers Market

Several vendors are offering off season preorders and weekend pickup at Village Hall. Go to clemmons.org/preorders for more info.

Meetings

The regularly scheduled council meeting will be held  at 6 p.m. Monday, April 10, in council chambers.

The regularly scheduled planning board will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, in council chambers.

Public works

Limb collection: Limbs should be placed on the edge of your yard by 7 a.m. on Monday morning of the following schedule between March and November.

West of Lewisville-Clemmons Road and Middlebrook Drive (Tanglewood side)  — first full week of the month

East of Lewisville-Clemmons Road and Middlebrook Drive (Winston-Salem side) — second full week of the month

E-Recycle will be held April 22 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Public Works facility.

To assist with additional waste, recycling and cardboard, Clemmons’ residents are invited to bring their excess to the Public Works facility between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays).

When available, mulch can be loaded at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday — please note mulch is only loaded at these times and not throughout the day. Mulch is not available on rainy days. All trucks and trailers must have side walls and be covered (example: with a tarp) before leaving the yard. For mulch availability, call Public Works at 336-766-9170. These services are limited to Village of Clemmons residents, and you may be asked to show ID.

Leaf collection is complete for the 2022-2023 season. There will be no additional leaf collections until leaf pickup resumes in October.

Stormwater

Staff will be completing drainage outfall inspections throughout the Village of Clemmons as part of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s NPDES Phase II permit throughout the months of December-March during the hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (weather pending). Activities may include visual observations, photography, creek walking and water quality sampling, primarily at drainage pipe outlets into ditches and water bodies. All stormwater personnel will be wearing reflective vests, driving marked vehicles and carrying identification.