DAYTON — Dayton city leaders used state funding to help clean up a debris pile in the city.
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“It’s wonderful to look out your window and see what you can see across the street,” Twanda Allen said on Monday.
Allen was thrilled to see the lot on Second Street get cleaned up. She said that piles of debris sat there for years.
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Allen and other neighbors reached out to city leaders to clean it up. After months of no action, those neighbors reached out to News Center 7.
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After 40-plus years of neglect and debris, the lot now has a fresh start.
As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, Allen hopes cleanup efforts in West Dayton will continue.
“All around the neighborhood, if you just walk around, you’ll see trash in different lots,” she said. “It’ll be nice to ride around our neighborhood and see it clean, the grass cut.”
City officials said more cleanup projects are on the horizon, with the help of state funding.
In August, the city got a cut of more than $1 million in grants from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. The money comes from settlement dollars from the office.
Dayton’s application was for about $92,000 worth of cleanup.
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