Community painting effort aimed at graffiti in Elmwood
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Fight paint with paint next week at a program aimed at cleaning graffiti from buildings in Providence's Elmwood neighborhood. The Elmwood Foundation, the Greater Elmwood Neighborhood Services and the West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation are working together for NeighborWorks Paints to bring volunteers to the neighborhood. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Met School on Peace Street Monday at 10 a.m. They’ll paint over graffiti on a building at 804 Broad Street, and on another across from the Met School. -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson “NeighborWorks Paints! will be an incredible celebration of neighbors helping neighbors make the places that they live even better,” Ken Wade, CEO of NeighborWorks America, said in a statement. The groups are getting help from the National Council on Paint Disposition, Inc. in the form of unused, unwanted paint that might otherwise end up in a landfill. NeighborWorks America is a national organization that works with local community groups to help people secure safe, affordable housing and rentals. 
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I grew up in that neighborhood and it is a shame to see what it has become. It really hurts. I attended Willow St. elementary school and Gilbert Stuart Middle school.
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What a great way to get rid of excess paint hanging around, not that it won't hit the landfill one way or another eventually, but at least it'll serve some purpose.
Why doesn't the state require MBTA to clean up all of the smarmy graffiti on the rail cars that are parked every day on the Prov/Pawt line, on the west side of route 95? That place is a serious dump, and no doubt encourages other 'taggers' to ply their trade in the city. The MBTA makes a laughing stock of the 'Welcome to Rhode Island' sign.
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