Work, being what it is... slow... right now for some of the men who live in our houses. We always want to keep busy and productive. It builds self esteem and burns off anxiety.
Team Recovery is offering some helping hands for trash pickup starting on the northeast quadrant. This is a large area and we have committed two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, to this community clean up.
If you have a specific area inside this quadrant that you think needs some special attention, please let us know and we can make sure we hit that spot.
Also, if you would like to contribute trash bags or gloves to the cause, we would gladly accept that help. You could drop off gloves or trash bags to the thrift store (1728 Main Street, 10-5) today, Tuesday or Wednesday. Or you could drop them off at the welding shop 2018 Walnut Street.
Thanks!
Community Clean Up
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Community Clean Up
"To create a little flower is the labour of ages" William Blake
Re: Community Clean Up
We have heard about these areas of concern:
alley between 5-6 Walnut/Liberty
alley between 8-10 Walnut/Liberty
Walnut Street 8-10
East 10th Street Main to Market
anywhere else that you'd like to add to this list?
alley between 5-6 Walnut/Liberty
alley between 8-10 Walnut/Liberty
Walnut Street 8-10
East 10th Street Main to Market
anywhere else that you'd like to add to this list?
"To create a little flower is the labour of ages" William Blake
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Re: Community Clean Up
Liberty and Hubbard Streets between 8 and 9.
With Liberty, in particular across from the Flagship buildings and on Hubbard across from the 8th Street Market. But these are probably also the most active drug dealing areas in Springfield.
The alley close to sliver (between Silver and Laura) between 4th and 5th (and/or 6th). There are empty paint buckets and such (probably from the great 90 bedroom single family former rooming house conversion)
if you can get to clean up under the Pearl Street bridge. That would be great. BTW: I hear JSO found some of the mail from my neighbor that was broken into under that bridge.
With Liberty, in particular across from the Flagship buildings and on Hubbard across from the 8th Street Market. But these are probably also the most active drug dealing areas in Springfield.
The alley close to sliver (between Silver and Laura) between 4th and 5th (and/or 6th). There are empty paint buckets and such (probably from the great 90 bedroom single family former rooming house conversion)
if you can get to clean up under the Pearl Street bridge. That would be great. BTW: I hear JSO found some of the mail from my neighbor that was broken into under that bridge.
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maybe we need to go over there as a group and take a look and clean it up....
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
Re: Community Clean Up
Yeah, I'd hate to send all of the guys to pick up trash in front of the dope holes.
The Silver/Laura alley is doable.
We could do the flagship areas on a Saturday when we have adult supervision
The Silver/Laura alley is doable.
We could do the flagship areas on a Saturday when we have adult supervision

"To create a little flower is the labour of ages" William Blake
Re: Community Clean Up
for us or them 

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
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Re: Community Clean Up
as long as we don't have to go and buy something from their "Store" after we are done. I know. That block is a stretch... I considered just talking to them about improving their business
. That part of Liberty is terrible.

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Maybe we should think about a beautification project there thenmovedsouth wrote:as long as we don't have to go and buy something from their "Store" after we are done. I know. That block is a stretch... I considered just talking to them about improving their business. That part of Liberty is terrible.

"To create a little flower is the labour of ages" William Blake
Re: Community Clean Up
Maybe we could do something in that vacant lot? We need to replant the Market b/c the cold killed all of the plants.movedsouth wrote:Liberty and Hubbard Streets between 8 and 9.
With Liberty, in particular across from the Flagship buildings and on Hubbard across from the 8th Street Market. But these are probably also the most active drug dealing areas in Springfield.
The alley close to sliver (between Silver and Laura) between 4th and 5th (and/or 6th). There are empty paint buckets and such (probably from the great 90 bedroom single family former rooming house conversion)
if you can get to clean up under the Pearl Street bridge. That would be great. BTW: I hear JSO found some of the mail from my neighbor that was broken into under that bridge.
"To create a little flower is the labour of ages" William Blake
Re: Community Clean Up
I don't know about going and planting more flowers at the store....that was an expensive project, and I feel that the owners could spend a few bucks and plant something...just saying
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant