City Pays $2 Million to Cut Grass on Blighted Properties

The Public Works Department doesn’t have staff to cut all those properties, so they hire outside contractors.

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The City of Memphis just spent nearly $2 million to cut the grass of property owned by someone else. The goal is twofold.

First, make neighborhoods nicer by reducing blight, and secondly, recoup all of the money. If grass on a private property grows taller than 12 inches, the city sends out a notice to the owner to cut it. 

As part of the mitigation program, the city cuts overgrown grass of about 9,000 properties, which is about the number of properties the city has dealt with over the last few years. The city sends the property owner a notice once the grass gets over twelve inches tall.

The Public Works Department doesn’t have the staff to cut all those properties, so they hire outside contractors to do it.

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