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Residents urge city action on trash, vacant lots and suspected squatting; neighborhood cleanups underway
Summary
Multiple residents told the council about neighborhood cleanups and persistent problems with trash, a large city-owned lot, and a vacant house with alleged illegal activity; officials pledged follow-up from building inspection and council members.
Several neighborhood leaders and residents spoke during public comment at the Muncie Common Council meeting on May 5 about ongoing trash and safety problems in their neighborhoods and asked the city for help.
Janetta Presley, a Thomas Park-Avondale neighborhood board member, said volunteers collected 28 large bags of trash from the fence row in front of a city-owned lot near her home and asked the city to address ongoing dumping on that property. "It makes our neighborhood look horrible," Presley said, describing repeated…
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