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March 4, 2015
Members of the City Council Special Ad Hoc Committee on Neighborhood Blight and city leaders unveiled the Fight Blight initiative, designed to give resident new, easy-to-use tools to identify and report blight. Click here to read more about this event.
![Photo of Council Member E. Denise Lee addressing the audience.](/getmedia/85377b0a-789e-46aa-89ac-04fb01c0efb3/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-02.aspx?width=320&height=213) |
Committee Chair E. Denise Lee addresses the audience as Nate Ford, JTA Executive Director, Paul Martinez, Intra-Governmental Serivces Director, and Council Members Greg Anderson, Bill Gulliford and John Crescimbeni look on.
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![Photo of the Fight the Blight Mascot.](/getmedia/c5efac05-0b76-46db-b4b2-12f723182328/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-03.aspx?width=320&height=247) |
The Fight the Blight Mascot interacts with the audience in Hemming Park.
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![Photo of Intra-Governmental Services Director Paul Martinez with the Fight the Blight Mascot.](/getmedia/a7ad914b-3c2b-4437-a60c-5733839b362c/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-04.aspx?width=320&height=213) |
Intra-Governmental Services Director Paul Martinez with the Fight the Blight Mascot.
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![Photo of Jacksonville Children's Commission Executive Director Jon Heymann with the Fight the Blight Mascot.](/getmedia/29fb633e-00c0-40bb-bf6e-316d099d29df/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-05.aspx?width=320&height=414) |
Jacksonville Children's Commission Executive Director Jon Heymann with the Fight the Blight Mascot.
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![Photo of Council Member Denise Lee with the Fight the Blight Mascot.](/getmedia/c87f5eca-775a-4b26-aa58-a32c68b6a1de/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-06.aspx?width=320&height=414) |
Council Member E. Denise Lee with the Fight the Blight Mascot.
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![Photo of Council Member Warren Jones with the Fight the Blight Mascot.](/getmedia/7717f2d2-75b3-40ba-9a07-c6a3bb11eb8f/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-07.aspx?width=320&height=414) |
Council Member Warren A. Jones with the Fight the Blight Mascot.
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![Photo of Council Member Jim Love with the Fight the Blight Mascot.](/getmedia/ef3269e0-cee3-45f2-ad01-5c95d7bd7d24/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-08.aspx?width=320&height=414) |
Council Member Jim Love with the Fight the Blight Mascot.
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![Photo of Council Member John Crescimbeni with the Fight the Blight Mascot.](/getmedia/22424520-b61a-4b60-9e71-04b5c4ca4fa5/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-09.aspx?width=320&height=414) |
Council Member John R. Crescimbeni with the Fight the Blight Mascot.
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![Photo of the members of the City Council Special Ad Hoc Committee on Neighborhood Blight and other city leaders with the Fight the Blight Mascot in front of a JTA bus that has been wrapped with Fight Blight information.](/getmedia/d7f6670f-af06-4846-b8f6-15b5f414d4d2/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-10.aspx?width=320&height=213) |
Left to right: Jon Heymann, Children's Commission Executive Director; Nate Ford, JTA Executive Director; Paul Martinez, Intra-Governmental Services Director; Greg Anderson, Council Vice President; the Fight the Blight Mascot; Council Member E. Denise Lee; Council Member Bill Gulliford, Council Member John R. Crescimbeni; Council Member Jim Love; Council Member Warren A. Jones; and Council Member Bill Bishop.
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![Photo of Council Member E. Denise Lee addressing the audience.](/getmedia/cff63f64-c19a-42b8-876d-a6a6723c2726/PG-2015-03-04-BlightPressConf-01.aspx?width=320&height=213) |
Committee Chair E. Denise Lee addresses the audience as Council Members Greg Anderson, Bill Gulliford, John Crescimbeni, Jim Love and Warren Jones look on.
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