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Resident proposes restored city "free stuff" swap; council hears past problems with outside dumping
Summary
Resident Abigail Jarbo asked council to reestablish a city-hosted free-exchange program for unwanted items, describing prior multi-neighborhood collection efforts that failed after nonresidents left bulky waste; council members discussed management and alternatives such as church or online swap groups.
Abigail Jarbo, a Lebanon resident, asked the City Council to consider reestablishing a city program to let residents leave usable items for others to take at no charge.
Jarbo described how a program in past years divided the city into sections and designated collection areas: "We would take 1 area each year ... and we'd say, okay, this is the year that anyone in the Southeast section can take bulky items that they no longer want and set them in this designated…
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