AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Litter is unsightly, and Mayor Garnett Johnson says leaving it on the ground can be costly to Augusta.
“It’s important to economic development, you know, when people are riding around should they invest their dollars either from a business standpoint from an industrial standpoint. It’s important that we show that we care enough about this community to keep it clean,” said Mayor Johnson.
That’s why Augusta is preparing to launch a new approach to clean up litter, called Operation City Cleanup. The plan is to work with the courts and law enforcement to use those sentenced to community service hours to boost city forces picking up litter…