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"We're planting a combination of shade trees and ornamentals, we're planting a couple different kinds of crape myrtle, some flowering cherries, some bald cypress, some European hornbeam," said James Mitchell, the city's director of vegetation management.
"We got a few other odds and ends going in: some hollies."
Mitchell said that the plans to improve the landscape around Akron Drive fit in with this year's Community Roots Day, which is scheduled for April 25 and which will focus on planting trees along Reynolds Boulevard, near the Hanes Hosiery Community Center.
Haria said he thinks that the increased police patrols have helped curb crime in the area, but said he hopes that the police stay.
"I think a continuous effort would definitely make a difference," he said.