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Resident alleges code‑enforcement destroyed community gardens, asks St. Joseph council to investigate
Summary
At the meeting, resident and nonprofit volunteer Philip Coleman said city workers cut down trees and gardens at 2330 and 2332 South Eleventh Street and accused code enforcement (named employee recorded as Josten/Justin Carr) of trespass and harassment; he asked the council to investigate and to stop what he described as unconstitutional actions.
Philip Coleman, who identified himself as a member of a small nonprofit that gardens to feed the community, told the St. Joseph City Council that city workers removed gardens and trees at 2330 and 2332 South Eleventh Street and that code‑enforcement staff have harassed residents.
"They came back to my property the other day, and they cut down my hazelnut trees. They cut down my mulberry…
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