Free weed for clean up

The goal of Sundays get-together, making Colorado Springs more beautiful one trash bag at a time.

“We’re going to go out here on the west side and clean up off of Cimmaron and the park off of 26th,” said Steve Pacheco, owner of The Pothole.

The effort started at Vermijo Park where volunteers were picking up trash for a unusual reward.

“As you bring bags of trash back to me I’m going to give you a joint per bag you bring back,” said Pacheco.

But for those cleaning up it wasn’t just about the free weed.

“I hike every single day and I see trash on every single trail and it saddens me,” said Myles Christensen, a volunteer.

It was a personal connection to their home.

“So it feels good to actually go pick the trash up, you know. I don’t mind it because I use the trail,” said Danny Winfree.

The goal was cleaning up the park as well as the reputation of the marijuana industry.

“To show that we are a positive impact, you know, there’s nothing wrong with weed and there’s nothing wrong with our kind of people,” said Pacheco.