City crews fix potholes, remove graffiti in Humboldt Park as part of neighborhood cleanup

Sunday, August 7, 2016
CHICAGO (WLS) -- City crews are busy this summer cleaning up Chicago one neighborhood at a time.

This weekend, they were in Humboldt Park. City workers fixed potholes, removed graffiti and trimmed trees.
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According to the city, doing this will improve neighborhoods and strengthen communities.

"This means a lot to the residents," said 37th Ward Alderman Emma Mitts. "I think that when we clean up an area it helps to decrease the crime that's in the area."
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This was the fourth in a series of 12 so-called community blitzes that will be taking place across the city.
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