Flint's 25th Crim Race

The Crim Road Race is a success because of the world class runners that participate in it and the many thousands of week end warriors that run in their wake. However, its also depends upon a large number of volunteers who work in the background to ensure that the whole event goes off without incident. Richfield, together with a business named Curbco, volunteer our services to ensure that the downtown area is clean, before and after the race, so that visitors leave with the best possible impression.

Over time we have developed a plan that allows us to clean up the whole downtown area, as well as the course itself, in less than an hour. The people from Curbco use blowers and bobcats to pile up the waste, while Richfield personnel use a wheel loader to transfer the piles into one of our large waste collection trucks. The whole race area in downtown Flint and the course itself, is cleared of waste and swept clean by 5 pm, which allows the post race festivities to take place in a clean and congenial atmosphere.

In addition to the street clean up Richfield Equities collects thousands of paper water cups and plastic water bottles from out on the course and deliver them to a local recycling center. We also provide two large roll off cans to collect food packaging materials, such as several hundred pizza boxes, can be stored in a central location, then delivered to the same recycling center once the festivities are over. Prior to our involvement all these recyclable materials were dumped into a waste collection truck with the waste from the streets and sent to the landfill. At the present time over 75% of the food and beverage containers used during the race day festivities are recycled, instead of being dumped in the landfill. This waste diversion program is good for the environment and it is in keeping with the spirit of Bobby Crim and the race that is named after him.