Saturday was Earth Day, and volunteers in Houghton joined forces and took to the streets to gather up trash, fix flowerbed and plant flowers. 6News reports Co-Founder of the Houghton Beautification Committee Julie Waara said there’s still more work to do, with volunteers getting together to work on gardens next weekends. She said cleanup is all so people can drive through Houghton and take pride in how it looks. Visit Keweenaw’s Content Manager, Kayleigh White, said that Houghton’s event wasn’t the only onc scheduled, saying the event has snowballed into other communities in the U.P.