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Thursday, March 06, 2008

9th Street West Home

Jay Bowen, one of our 1,227 Litter-Gitters, sent this message and photo to me:

"This house is on 9th Street West just south of Madison Ave. It looks like it is being taken down but there is no safety tape or sign to keep people away. Just imagine - that must have been a nice house at one time. I have a picture of it somewhere that I took last year, because of all the trash in the yard. The area around this house is almost a slum."

This is an increasingly common sight in many of our neighborhoods.

C. Richard Cobb Sr.
"Neighborhood Issues in Huntington and Cabell County"

C. Richard Cobb Sr. is an advocate for Huntington (WV) and Cabell County (WV) neighborhoods. In 1992, Cobb retired after 20 years as the CEO of convention centers, sports arenas and exhibition facilities. His management career began at the Charleston (WV) Civic Center in 1970. Later, he had stints at The Spectrum in Philadelphia (PA), the Indiana Convention and Trade Center in Indianapolis, the Augusta (GA) Coliseum, Bass Park Complex in Bangor (ME), the Huntington (WV) Civic Center, the Ironworks Convention and Trade Center in Columbus (GA) and the Gatlinburg Convention Center (TN). Richard founded a litter abatement group called Adopt YOUR Block – Be a Litter-Gitter in Huntington (WV) in 2006. It now has over 2,000 neighborhood volunteers who are committed to keeping the block on which they live free of litter. In 2006, Richard was a recipient of the National Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service.

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