Litter
From the SE Seminole Heights email Group.
For years litter has been a major issue with the city of Tampa. Unfortunately, there has yet to be a viable, long term option. It used to be taboo to litter. However, over the past few years, it seems to becoming the norm once again. While many try to say it is a socio-economic issue, I think it now tends to affect all levels of our society. Read On:
For the past couple of months, I have been walking Charlie every morning from our house, up Nebraska Ave. to Giddens, around the playground and back down Nebraska Ave. I take this route because there are brand new sidewalks in excellent condition and to avoid loose dogs that you find walking up and down the residential streets.
Unfortunately, there is a terrible plight of litter along the entire route. There are some businesses that take extra care to make sure that their properties are clean and free from any garbage or litter that accumulates along the road way, BUT….there are these (which are most) that do very little if anything at all to maintain their properties clean.
Just a couple of those businesses that do little of nothing are the Mega Supermarket, the Beverage Drive-Thru at the corner of Louisiana and the EZ Pawn Shop at Shadowlawn.
The Florida Mortuary and the Kilbride Insurance Agency do an outstanding job of keeping things clean and presentable.
Is there anything we can do to invite these businesses to take better care of our neighborhood surroundings? Does anyone have any contact with any of these business owners that can mention something to them in a diplomatic way? Can Code Enforcement do anything to assist us with this problem?
Thanks for any input you can provide.
