{"id":173977,"date":"2026-02-21T05:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173977\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:54:08","slug":"clean-the-block-frustrated-investor-takes-illegal-houston-dumping-into-his-own-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173977\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean the Block: Frustrated investor takes illegal Houston dumping into his own hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u9fl1oi69n7l798g.jpg\" alt=\"Non-profit targets illegal dumping in Houston neighborhoods\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/video\/fmc-w14661eennq2k2bk\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Non-profit targets illegal dumping in Houston neighborhoods<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">After growing tired of seeing trash dumped in Houston neighborhoods, a real estate investor gathered up volunteers who are taking matters &#8211; and the garbage &#8211; into their own hands. FOX 26&#8217;s Randy Wallace spoke to the organizer behind Clean the Block.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A real estate investor who grew tired of illegal dumping in Houston neighborhoods has banded a group of volunteers who take the matter \u2014 and the garbage \u2014 into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>   Non-profit targeting illegal Houston dumping <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">When it comes to cleaning up illegal dumping sites, organizer Andrew Beaver took the first step and formed a non-profit called <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/cleantheblockhtx?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnxNaMvEOCx3v7w7BsQGQVyOWJf22ZSVXwxbLw-ZHH3dKEr48681S2lvgFT0E_aem_XS5pVT3IOKp_U21ibp6FDg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clean the Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;We all want change,&#8221; said Beaver. &#8220;Sometimes we don&#8217;t know how to, or we don&#8217;t have that person taking the first step.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Beaver says he formed the nonprofit to focus on cleaning up illegal dumping in underserved communities to bring pride back into those communities. The investor in Sunnyside and South Park says he wants to give back to the community,<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Andrew and his volunteers are doing what the city is supposed to do, but Clean the Block does it faster without the bureaucratic red tape.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The group has gone from doing cleanups once a month to everyday. He says he&#8217;s already cleared more than 100 lots with the help of volunteers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to do everything, but I know action is the first step,&#8221; Andrew said.<\/p>\n<p> Next opportunity <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Want to volunteer and have fun at the same time?<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Clean the Block is having a big event on Saturday, February 28, from noon until 4 at 8916 Maggie at Cullen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simpletix.com\/e\/february-clean-the-block-houston-clean-up-tickets-256795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">You can register here for the event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Andrew Beaver, Clean the Block organizer<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Non-profit targets illegal dumping in Houston neighborhoods After growing tired of seeing trash dumped in Houston neighborhoods, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-173977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}