News4JAX stopped by the Dunn Avenue cleanup site, an area volunteers said has been neglected. They’re pleading for the community to step forward.
area. So if you want to do something about it, you need to get out and do physical work like we’re doing now,” said event organizer Shannon Bivins.“It’s been neglected for many years. And we complain about it, we talk about it, and they do come out and clean. But then once they clean, it gets right back like this again,” Bevins said.“It’s important to keep the community clean,” City Councilman Reggie Gaffney Jr. said.
“It turns my stomach to see people stopping at stoplights, throwing cigarettes, cans, and bottles out. Please help us,” said Soloman Olopade. “We have nothing up here on the Northside,” Charles Barr said. “From entertainment to roads being fixed. You name it. We are neglected on the Northside. It’s time for that to change.”
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