Southeast activists gain traction after years of “environmental apartheid”
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“Dolly Davis stepped outside her Fairlawn Avenue residence in the Southeast section of the district. She immediately noticed a pile of discarded tires and two shopping carts.
“The unused railroad tracks across the street from her home were overgrown with vegetation and full of trash. Davis, 64, first envisioned a recreational trail in place of the neglected tracks in 1999.
“I believe it’s gonna happen. It may happen after I die, I don’t know,” Davis said. “The point is, after working on this for free for 25 years, we gotta care. Somebody’s gotta do this.””