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Toledo Escorts: Toledoan tries to add sparkle to streets near train station
July 17, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
… I live here and I want it to look nice,” said Mr. Ocheske.Initially, it was a one-man community improvement project, but neighbors have noticed and are dressing up their properties.
“It’s wonderful. People have started caring about their neighborhood,” said Rachel Vasquez, who lives with her husband, Andrew, and children, 7-month-old Jack and 2-year-old Vida, in a nearby apartment. “People love to come outside now and now they have something beautiful to look at.”
Yesterday morning, Mr. Ocheske carefully ironed out creases in just-purchased American flags before he posted the colors along Emerald and Logan, Wade, and Newton streets. By the Fourth of July, at least 50 flags will fly from new display holders in the neighborhood, he said.
Neighbors said prostitutes no longer walk streets in the area and gang members have stopped tagging signs with graffiti.
See the full article from “Toledo Blade”