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Take a look around our city. Have you noticed the graffiti? If you’re like most Metro residents, you probably dismiss graffiti when you see it, thinking it’s just the result of some high school prank or kids with too much time on their hands.

 

Think again.

 

 

 

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How can you help?

 

1. Remove graffiti from your property as soon as possible.

2. Call Metro’s Graffiti Hotline – 880-2444 – to report graffiti.

3. Report graffiti on-line at http://www.nashville.gov/pw/talktous.htm

4. Tell Metro about graffiti on property other than your own, such as traffic signs, businesses, trash receptacles, power boxes, fences, etc.

5. Encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same.

 

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Reactivated task force to help wipe away graffiti

 

By JENNY UPCHURCH

Action Line

 

PROBLEM: Tami Forbes and her husband were appalled by graffiti on one of Nashville's greenways. "The defacement of benches, bridge, pavement, etc. is ugly and criminal! Please, can you help with awareness of this growing problem in Nashville?"

 

ACTION: Metro Parks and Recreation removed the graffiti.

 

 

"There are pockets in Nashville where graffiti always happens," said Gwen Hopkins-Glascock of the Metro Department of Public Works. "But it does seem to be spreading and we're starting to see it in more areas … subdivisions and condo complexes where you might not expect it."

 

It's costly, too. Metro schools spend half a million dollars a year to deal with graffiti.

 

A graffiti task force has been re-activated with members from Metro agencies, the state highways department, the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and Nashville Electric Service.

 

The task force is setting up a paint bank. Stores and contractors can donate paint, and it can be given to needy homeowners or businesses hit repeatedly.

 

Public Works organizes neighborhood "Paint the Town" graffiti cleanups and can give advice on anti-graffiti sealants and how to remove graffiti.

 

Metro Beautification also plans to alert stores that selling graffiti supplies (such as large quantities of spray paint to minors) can mean a $500 fine. Parents are also liable, and that is if kids are found with graffiti supplies, even if they're not caught in the act.

 

WHO'S WORKING ON IT: Metro Beautification and Environment, 862-8750.

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