Downtown core cleanup crews put to the test daily
Since May, it’s takeout food service only at the city’s largest soup kitchen. Meals are served in Styrofoam containers or on paper plates and the only seats provided are the cold concrete sidewalk. St. Vinny’s feeds on average 140 people for breakfast and 180 for lunch. When the food is gone the evidence gets left behind in piles of discarded trays, plates and napkins. It’s Andrew Scott’s job as a city parks employee to handle the cleanup duties. “All that stuff they feed them ends up on our streets,” Scott said. It’s a never-ending battle picking up garbage tossed to th...
Source: princegeorgecitizen.com