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Disorder in a community, if left unchecked,
undercuts neighbors' own efforts to maintain their homes and quality
of life. One study that analyzed crime in 30 different areas found
that the level of disorder in a neighborhood - more than such factors
as income level, resident turnover, or racial makeup - was the best
indicator of an area's lack of safety.
- Neighborhood
Clean Up
Each year, CCI members in neighborhoods across Des Moines come
together to hold neighborhood clean-up days in conjunction with
the City of Des Moines. Dumpsters are brought in and residents
remove literally tons of junk, old tires and debris.
- East side neighborhoods get
State Fair to clean up!
In 2004, CCI members on the east
side of Des Moines took their clean-up efforts one step further
by working with the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Every year in August, neighborhoods that direcly border the Iowa
State Fairgrounds are littered with trash from hundreds of thousands
of fairgoers. Years of experience living near the Fair told residents
what the problem was - people had no where to throw their trash
on the way to their cars, so they tossed in into the street or
someone's yard. CCI members met with State Fair and city officials
to propose solutions.
For the first time ever, the State Fair placed trash receptacles
at key points throughout the neighborhoods and the city swept
all the paved streets with in a three block radius of the Fairgrounds.
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