cleaner, safer blocks your neighbors can see in weeks, not years.
Glitter runs reliable, block-by-block cleaning across your district — staffed by local residents earning a living wage, funded through grants or district dollars, and built to keep going with neighbor support.
10,861
bags of trash removed from our blocks
Safe Steps West Philly program
53%
fewer gun-violence incidents on blocks we cleaned vs. 39% on comparison blocks
City Controller data¹
94%
of surveyed neighbors want the cleaning to continue
resident survey²
A win you can point to — backed by data.
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Visible every week
Regular cleaning across the district, not a one-time event. Results your constituents see and feel.
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Safer blocks
On cleaned blocks in West Philly, gun-violence incidents fell 53% year-over-year — 14 points more than comparable blocks.¹ A low-cost layer alongside your public-safety work.
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Local jobs
We hire residents facing barriers to employment at a living wage. Cleaner blocks and good jobs in one program.
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Grant-friendly
We deliver on state- and city-funded programs and handle the crew, the work, and the reporting — so your office doesn't have to.
PA ELECTED OFFICIALS CHAMPIONING GLITTER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
A rep promoting it to his own constituents.
When a sitting representative tells his own neighbors that Glitter "cleaned every block in my district" — and residents comment asking for their block next — that's not a testimonial we asked for. It's a program that works, and a visible win for the office behind it.
“Together we can create safer, cleaner streets by partnering with residents, local businesses like Glitter, and government. The path to a better Philadelphia is through collaboration and practical proven approaches like this.”
The objective was to bring peace to the neighborhood because of the work with Glitter, we have.
Art Haywood
PA State Senator
"If you consider that one of those gun-violence incidents could have resulted in injury or death, it very likely also led to lives saved."
APhilip Dawson
Mt. Airy CDC,
IN THEIR WORDS
Leaders who've seen it work.
"I got involved with Glitter in West Philadelphia when [our founder] told me about this project — folks would be hired to do the work, making more than a living wage. I immediately said I'd like to be a part of the effort to clean up."
Michael Nutter
Former Mayor of Philadelphia
Proof from the field
Three programs. Real numbers.
Your colleagues in the legislature are already doing this — here's what it produced.
Safe Steps West Philly
Safe Steps Northwest
Safe Steps Northeast
¹ Intervention (cleaned) blocks vs. comparison blocks, Philadelphia City Controller gun-violence data, Jul 2024–Mar 2025 vs. Jul 2025–Mar 2026; associated with, not proven to cause, the reduction. ² Resident survey of neighbors on Safe Steps West Philly blocks (n=18). ³ Glitter Safe Steps Northwest analysis — a separate program from West Philly; figures are not interchangeable.
Start with cleaning. Add more when you're ready.
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Core: monthly block cleaning
Streets, sidewalks, curbs, and storm drains. Litter and trash removed, bulk items reported to the city, plus storm-drain and seasonal clearing.
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We install and maintain
Trash cans and dog-waste stations placed where your district needs them — then kept emptied, stocked, and clean on a set schedule. Not a one-time drop-off that overflows by week two: the ongoing upkeep is the point, and it's a physical improvement your office can point to.
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Add-ons expanding
Curbside compost — contained, managed collection, now piloting and scaling soon. Plus seasonal leaf removal, snow clearing, and 311 reporting on your behalf.
We clean, monthly
Streets, sidewalks, curbs, and storm drains across your chosen blocks — on a set schedule, not on complaint.
We staff it locally
Glitter hires, trains, and manages the crew — living wage, fair-chance hiring. You don't manage anyone.
We report back
Cleaning logs by block, photo documentation, litter removed, and 311 reports filed — the receipts you need for constituents and press.
Neighbors pitch in
Residents can chip in to earn added cleanings, deepening buy-in on the blocks your office supports.
How it works
You fund the blocks. We handle the rest.
Ready to make your district visibly cleaner this season?
Tell us your neighborhood and we'll come back with a simple proposal: how many blocks, what it costs, and the funding paths that fit your office.
