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Neighborhood alliance proposes township 'action days' to escalate local code problems
Summary
At the McCanna meeting, attendees proposed township-focused days where neighborhood leaders would simultaneously contact elected officials and code enforcement to escalate specific local problems; members discussed challenges with complaint spam and the need for a managed process.
At a Marion County Alliance of Neighborhood Associations meeting, Kathy Burton proposed a pilot to designate one or two days each month focused on specific township issues so neighborhoods could concentrate complaints and requests for action.
“Our idea would be to pick a township and a narrow problem — a blocked alley, a repeated car-repair operation in the street, or an unmaintained property — and ask neighborhood leaders countywide to send focused complaints and contacts to the people who can act,” Burton said. She…
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