Volunteers are giving the city a trim

As city efforts and city works wain due to budget constraints, volunteers are putting on the gloves to help keep the city as clean cut as they can.

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Knee-high grass, giant weeds and even small trees have overtaken many of these areas, causing eyesores for neighbors and passersby and long faces on kids wanting a place to play.

But where the city has left off, the Greening of Detroit is picking up -- literally -- helping to cut grass, pick up debris and put down flowers and mulch.

Greening worker Norman Anderson, 20, of Highland Park was busy last month sprucing up a stretch of green space on Conner Avenue, near I-94 and Gratiot. He says it's a way to get some fresh air, and "it's keeping me out of trouble."

The Greening of Detroit employs young people, ages 18 to 24, as a part of its youth employment program. The group has hired more than 100 young people to help with this summer's effort.

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Read an article about the cleanup efforts of Detroit ARISE! and its Neighborhood Day here.