BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A team is being hired in Vermont’s city largest to clean up graffiti.
“We are in the hiring process but you will see crews that are out and that are addressing, they are cleaning, and that’s really what the public will notice,” said Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger this week.
He said it’s a priority because the city sees it as an economic issue, WCAX-TV reported.
“Impacts the way people feel about the downtown, impacts the appeal of it,” the mayor said.
City Councilor Ali Dieng said knowing the difference between art and expression is important.
“Yes, we wanted graffiti (that’s) beautiful, that’s art, but also we don’t want graffiti that’s not beautiful, that is denigrating the beauty of our environment,” said Dieng, an independent.
The city said it plans to work with the community in the future on finding creative and collaborative ways for people to express themselves, the news station reported.
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