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Instead of living with the unsightly strip in Holmesburg, why don't you organize a group of neighbors and work together to improve this area? I don't understand why so many people expect the city or CLIP to take responsibility. If the neighbors invest their own time and sweat into cleaning up the neighborhood, this would discourage other neighbors from dumping. A sense of pride and ownership is something no amount of city services can bring to a neighborhood.
JG
Melissa Dribben has been a staff writer at the Inquirer for 18 years. Her current beat chronicles the characters, trends, quirks and challenges of Center City.
Ned Rauch-Mannino is filling in for Melissa while she's on vacation. Ned is the policy and program analyst for the Urban Industry Initiative, an economic development agency of the City of Philadelphia. He helped craft the anti-litter campaign, "Love Where You Live," and works to connect communities to government resources in an effort beautify neighborhoods and educate citizens.
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JG - It's not that I don't see you're point. Community cleanups have been organized in the past, but apparently interest is sadly, pretty low. My feeling is that the excess of litter and trash has a strong correlation to the fact that the area is not maintained. Until CLIP arrived, the area was overrun not only with trash but weeds 2 - 3 feet tall. There is no curb, no sidewalk. It may not be the city's responsibility to clean up after its residents, but I do believe it is the city's responsibility to maintain infrastructure - which has not happened here.
Neil
Posted by Neil | July 24, 2007 10:35 AM
Posted on July 24, 2007 10:35