Description

Almost directly east and across Waldo Rd from the rear of the Natures Own Bakery Outlet is a heavily used footpath that crosses east from the paved rail-trail, across the ditch, and goes up the power line cut. The ditch is increasingly litter-strewn, and there are indications that this area is being used for homeless campsites. In general, the entire wooded land from this point north up to NE 39th Avenue is showing signs of increased littering and overnight "bedding" --perhaps due to the changing policies of Grace Marketplace and Dignity Village. Unless the city wants this to become another mess like the one that existed off the Hawthorne Trail some years ago, the owners of this property [city? UF?] really need to be alerted to the trashy conditions that exist. The rail-trail is heavily used by many people, and having eyesores like this is not good for East Gainesville, nor for the Waldo Road corridor which is on display to people in thousands of vehicles every day.