The revamping of Linpien started eight or nine years ago, when schoolteacher Tsao Chi-hung-now a DPP deputy in the national legislature-along with fellow members of the Linpien Residents 'Democracy Association launched a program to sweep the streets and keep the riverbank clean.
林邊的社區改造大約在八、九年前開始，原是國中老師、爾後轉戰省議員、國大代表，現任民進黨立法委員的曹啟鴻，帶著林邊鄉民主促進會一群支持者，開始掃街、淨灘、淨溪的活動。