This spring, enjoy getting outdoors by participating in community events that are environmentally-focused, well organized and fun!

• Mission: Clean Stream – On Saturday, April 6, help protect wildlife and local waterways by eliminating debris from O’Fallon creeks, tree lines, and basins.
• Park Partners Day – On Saturday, April 6, have a great time joining volunteers in getting Civic Park ready for summer picnics and Jammin’ concerts by prepping the playgrounds, pool, and even the landscaping.
• Earth Day – On Saturday, April 20, hands will get a little dirty as we green up the City by planting flowers, mulching trees, sprucing up playgrounds, and cleaning a few creeks and roadsides.
• Global Youth Service Week – The week of April 22- 26, energetic students, scouts and youth groups are invited to participate in hands-on service projects developed specifically for them.
• National Join Hands Day – Gather friends of all ages on Saturday, May 4 for another family-friendly project designed to engage the O’Fallon community on this annualNational Day of Service.

Register for these and other activities at www.ofallon.mo.us/volunteer.  For more information on meaningful service opportunities in O’Fallon, contact the Volunteer Services staff at 636-379-5507 or 379-5408, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

People of all ages are encouraged to register for Mission: Clean Stream, a countywide effort to clean up trash in and along creeks from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, April 6. As one of five communities collecting trash from local streams throughout the county, O’Fallon is seeking volunteers for cleaning a creek in a City park. To register for O’Fallon’s cleanup, which includes breakfast at the site, contact O’Fallon’s Volunteer Services at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 636-379-5408. Participants registering by April 1 will receive an event T-shirt, free.

“Everyone is invited to help, and together we can make a huge difference in just one morning,” said Michele Gremminger, O’Fallon’s Stormwater Coordinator. “As a bonus, volunteers say that cleanups help them feel more connected to nature and our community’s streams and rivers. The cleanups have long-range consequences, too. Research shows that people are less likely to litter areas that are kept litter-free, and they are more inclined to preserve the area.”

Watch the 2013 Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council Candidate Forum by clicking on the link below. Windows Media player is required to view the video on your computer.

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The Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council (MYAC) will host a Candidate Forum at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, for the Mayoral and City Council candidates running in the City’s general municipal election on April 2. The forum will be moderated by the MYAC, and each candidate will have the opportunity to make opening and closing statements of three minutes each. Additionally, candidates will get two minutes to respond to each question posed by MYAC members.

Citizens are invited to attend the Candidate Forum, which will be held in the City Council chambers at the O’Fallon Municipal Centre (City Hall), 100 North Main Street, O’Fallon, Missouri 63366. The forum also will be broadcast live and shown on-demand on O’FallonTV, which is available on AT&T U-verse Channel 99 and Charter Channel 991. The forum also will air both live and on-demand via the City’s website, www.ofallon.mo.us.

Get your yard and garden ready for the season by shopping for live plants and outdoor home and garden accessories at the Garden Expo. The event will be held on the grounds outside the historic Heald Home from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, in Fort Zumwalt Park, O’Fallon, Missouri 63366. Admission and parking are free. Talk to lawn and gardening experts, chat with garden club members, get tips on growing flowers and more. The day’s activities include:

• Guest speakers discussing butterfly gardening, rain garden design, how to use rain barrels, “growing” good soil, recycling and more
• Free tree saplings (one per family)
• A free kids’ craft at the recycling booth
• Vendors, concessions
• Historic Heald Home tours, $2 per person
• An Arbor Day ceremony beginning at 9:15 a.m.

“If you’re looking forward to spring and getting out in our City’s parks, and there’s no better way to do that than with the Garden Expo,” said Festival Coordinator Jennifer Hoisington. “Our vendors and speakers are great resources for information. Visitors will be able to take that information home and create an even more beautiful yard and garden.”  

Tickets are available for the O’FallonTheatreWorks’ production of the southern-fried comedy, Faith County, which will be performed on April 19-21 and 26-28 in the auditorium at O’Fallon’s Municipal Centre (City Hall), 100 North Main Street, O’Fallon, Missouri 63366. The curtain will go up at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Faith County is set in a small southern town where the beehive hairdo is still the rage and Saturday nights are reserved for the tractor pull. The story unfolds at the Faith County Fairgrounds where a colorful collection of town and country folk swap gossip about one another and show off their handiwork.

Students, faculty, and families staying in town over spring break are invited to register for community-inspired projects that will help prepare City parks for this year’s seasonal activities.

 “To promote an increase in youth involvement, Alternative Spring Break projects are scheduled weekdays in conjunction with area school district and collegiate spring breaks,” said Kathy Halstead, Manager of O’Fallon’s Volunteer Services Division. “Through these park-based projects, volunteers assist the City’s Landscaping Division by planting flowers and ornamental grasses, transplanting cuttings, creating flower baskets, and mulching trees and flower beds. Playground projects focus on power washing equipment and spreading wood fibers for safer play.”

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The rehabilitation of a City of O’Fallon sanitary sewer line is scheduled to begin Wednesday, March 6. The work, which will be performed by SAK Construction, calls for lining 7,300 feet of existing sewer pipe extending from Civic Park to Dames Park. No excavating will be involved, and portable pumps will be used to bypass the flow during the installation. The project is designed to eliminate groundwater leaks or infiltration into the sewer line, and it will extend the City’s wastewater plant treatment capacity. The work will be completed in May, weather permitting.

More information about the process will be posted on the Water and Sewer Department webpage, www.ofallon.mo.us/water. For questions, please contact the Water and Sewer Division office at 636-379-7600. The office is open weekdays from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.