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Hello!
I wanted to email to request assistance with the sidewalks on the backside of Oakwood Cemetery along Brookside Dr.

I spent two hours this morning with a random neighbor shoveling, leaf blowing, and scraping the sidewalks near Holden St, Oakwood dog park, and Oakwood cemetery.

It’s backbreaking labor since the sidewalks have been allowed to fall into disrepair with layers of leaves, mud, and pine needles that have collected over the four years I’ve lived here. This is my second time working on the sidewalks on the backside of Oakwood Cemetery running along Brookside Dr. Leaf collection isn’t schedule for Zone 8 til January but there are piles of pine needles and leaves that will wash into the road or back onto the sidewalk if they are not collected soon.

Mordecai is one of the most walkable cities in NC and many runners, dog walkers, and children take these sidewalks to the market or into downtown. Many of them walk in the roadway to avoid this section. It’s dangerous to run or walk on with the chance of slipping.

Would this be the city’s right of way or Oakwood’s? How can we move forward to have this section of sidewalk more regularly cared for? How can we request someone come out and bag up the piles before the wash back out?