Sheffield's Attempt to Clean Up Trash

 

According to minutes from the latest Sheffield City Council meeting, 167 nuisance/blighted properties have been identified in that city. That number includes both residential and business sites. Let it sink in that 167 properties in a town with a population of 9,337 (2021 U.S. Census data) are considered so far gone that the City has had to step in. That's one property for every 60 citizens.

These properties didn't become blighted overnight. While Mayor Steve Stanley was occupied having verbal confrontations with citizens over fire extinguishers, these structures were crumbling. 

The last concentrated clean-up program was at the request of John Elkington in January 2019. Over four years later, Sheffield still has at least 167 eyesores? At least the City isn't being hasty in compiling the list. In fairness, Elkington's complaints involved property along routes to Inspiration Landing. Other areas of the Colbert County town have taken a backseat until now. 

Speaking of John Elkington, Inspiration Landing seems to have gone unmentioned in the latest council session. Remember this basic rule: If you don't mention it, it will go away...

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