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+# isitbulkweekincleveland.com  
+
+A website that has one purpose: Is it bulk week this week ? (and maybe tell you when the next bulk week is). 
+
+In the city of Cleveland, residents are allowed to put out bulk items once a month. It is usually the first week of the month but it varies. 
+
+Many people in the neighborhood Facebook groups ask when is bulk week. This website answers it. 
+
+### Errors / Bugs:
+
+If something is not behaving as you expected, it could be a bug, or if you have an idea, it can be reported in our issue tracker at https://github.com/opencleveland/refundcleveland
+
+## How to become involved:
+
+Email opencleveland@gmail.com
+
+## Developer Instructions
+
+### Configuring and running locally
+
+Pre-Requisites:
+
+#### Clone repo and install requirements
+
+### Note on Patches/Pull Requests 
+
+* Fork the project.
+* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
+* Send us a pull request. Bonus points for making a new name for your branch that describes your changes. For example, if you're improving the css by adding margins for input range element, `css-range-margins` would be appropriate. 
+
+### Copyright
+
+MIT License