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Fighting Flint's blight one lot at a time
Posted: 11.01.2012 at 11:00 PM
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A mural on this house at the corner of Dayton St. and N. Chevrolet Ave. depicts the efforts of some local volunteers to clean up neglected lots.  / Mike Sanford
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It's hard to ignore the ailing façade in parts of the Vehicle City - sagging rooftops, boarded-up windows, the overgrowth of once-pruned trees along blocks of dilapidated homes.  But zoom in a little closer, and you begin to notice people at work.

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