The Brief
- A Riverwest community garden and food table face rodent complaints.
- Residents say the food sharing setup may contribute to a rat problem.
- The city Department of Neighborhood Services plans to inspect the site.
MILWAUKEE – A garden and free food table in Riverwest were created to lend a hand in the community. But some say they are attracting more than the people they want to help.
Rodent problem
What To Know:
They say rodents have become a big problem there. The location sits just off Bremen and Clarke, between a bar and convenience store. People in the neighborhood say the free food table might not be the source of a rat problem, but it is not helping.
“You try and do right, and it just doesn’t always work out like that,” said Marty with the Bremen Community Garden.
This is not what volunteers at the Bremen Community Garden ever wanted.…