Atlanta BeltLine Graffiti Removal and Community Cleanup

清理佐治亚州亚特兰大怀利街至纪念碑街的标签和涂鸦

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这事儿看起来或许有点可疑——这名女子弯腰背对着亚特兰大环线的挡土墙喷漆。至少一位关心此事的市民是这么想的，他冲她喊道：“你应该感到羞耻！”


这名女子正在把一个粗俗的涂鸦标签变成一朵花，直到进行适当的清理，她转过身去面对指控者，向这位市民解释了情况，后者很快就道了歉。


在担任市公园办公室 BeltLine 区经理七年后，塔克·赫特马赫 (Tucker Hutmacher) 讲述这段轶事时既高兴又恼火。

“看到不妥之处，人们能停下来真是太好了——虽然现在这并不总是个好主意。当我遇到那些对垃圾或涂鸦感到愤怒和不安的市民时，与其抱怨，不如告诉他们参与进来！我需要你们的帮助！”


亚特兰大环线公司是环线基础设施建设的实施机构，但维护环线公园和多功能步道的美则落到了Hutmacher的团队身上。Hutmacher的邮件签名中写道，她隶属于亚特兰大公园办公室，她组建的“虽小但威力十足”的环线团队，正是她维护这些备受喜爱的公园和多功能步道的重任。Hutmacher带领着一支由六名全职员工和六名季节性工人组成的团队，负责草坪护理、清洁工作（包括三个卫生间），以及每天清理从Tanyard Creek到Southwest Connector Spur Trail，占地73英亩的环线公园和步道上182个垃圾桶的垃圾。她的团队也是部门里唯一一个拥有涂鸦小组的团队。他们每周工作七天，只有三天人员到位，以十天为一个周期，覆盖所有区域，完成永无止境的任务。


当人们对亚特兰大环线上的垃圾或涂鸦提出意见时，Hutmacher 会提交清理罚单，同时鼓励市民们“与其抱怨，不如积极参与！我需要你们的帮助！”——Tucker Hutmacher


这位不愿透露姓名的涂鸦大师每天都会沿着东区小径穿过雷诺兹镇，并将这一段路作为他的专属清理区域，清理从怀利街到纪念街，甚至到格伦伍德的涂鸦和标签。只要看到标签，他就会回家取清洁用品。


“以前我同时管理温室工作和公园环线，但环线规模越来越大，所以在过去的两年里，环线就成了我唯一的职责。”


赫特马赫将粗糙的涂鸦标签改造成更适合家庭的图案，直到她的团队能够用高压水枪适当地冲洗走廊。


每天，团队都会负责清运182个垃圾桶，清扫并补充卫生间的垃圾，清扫人行道，修剪草坪，清理垃圾，并根据人员情况清除涂鸦。合作关系是完成工作的关键，考虑到工作范围和种类繁多，Hutmacher 的联系人名单可能是镇上最令人垂涎的之一。


“我热爱我的工作。每天都不一样，”这位前园艺老师说道。2009年经济衰退导致学校非核心课程终止，之后她来到了伦敦金融城。


“我们通常会与 Park Pride、Adopter Groups、Atlanta BeltLine Partnership 或 Georgia Tech 等合作伙伴一起开展多个志愿者项目，但这些项目因疫情而关闭。”


志愿者项目的取消，加上餐厅外卖订单带来的垃圾堆积，使得公园环线工作人员的工作负担更加沉重。为了缓解垃圾问题，他们在人流量大的区域增设了垃圾桶，ABI 还开展了一项额外的礼仪宣传活动，提醒人们妥善处理垃圾。


cleaning up graffiti with A crew of six permanent employees and six seasonal employees are responsible for cleaning and maintaining ALL BeltLine trails and parks.

塔克·赫特马赫 (Tucker Hutmacher) 带着 ABI 的新资产协调员 Jasmine Salazar 每周访问 BeltLine，清理垃圾并掩盖粗俗的涂鸦。


A crew of six permanent employees and six seasonal employees are responsible for cleaning and maintaining ALL BeltLine trails and parks. (L-R: Darryl McDowell, Lee Levy, Aaron Smith, Jermari Anthony, Tucker Hutmacher, and Jeffrey Howard.) “Previously I managed both greenhouse work and the BeltLine for Parks, but the BeltLine grew and grew, and that’s been my sole responsibility for the last two years.” Hutmacher transforms a crude graffiti tag into something more family-friendly until her crew can properly pressure wash the corridor. On a given day, the crew does a garbage run for the 182 bins, cleans and restocks the restrooms, blows walkways, mows lawns, cleans up litter, and, depending on the people available, removes graffiti. Partnerships have been the key to getting things done, and given the scope and assortment of work involved, Hutmacher probably has one of the most coveted contact lists in town. “I love my job. Every day is different,” says the former teacher of horticulture who made her way to the City following the 2009 recession that terminated non-core programs in schools. “We usually have several volunteer programs to help with partners like Park Pride, Adopter Groups, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership or Georgia Tech, to name a few, but those have closed with COVID.” The cancellation of volunteer programs, coupled with increased trash piling up from restaurant to-go orders, have left the Parks BeltLine crew even more overloaded. To alleviate the trash problem, additional bins were placed in high-traffic areas, and ABI pushed out an additional etiquette campaign reminding folks to properly dispose of waste. Recently, the Parks BeltLine team was the subject of a letter writing campaign, thanking them for their work. “Those people took the time to look up our address, write a letter, and put it in the mail. That made everyone feel good, but I would still like everyone to pick up their trash.” Thank you letters from grateful citizens adorn the exit door of Hutmacher’s office in the Old Fourth Ward, reminding her team that they are doing important work. Hutmacher is often confronted by concerned citizens, either when she’s out on the trail or in the office. They share their frustrations with dog waste, report incidences of vandalism in the restrooms, or signal the presence of graffiti on different parts of the trail. One such resident on the southern end of the Eastside Trail, who Hutmacher fondly dubbed the “Graffiti Guru” was particularly upset about the graffiti that popped up on the Eastside Trail Extension near his home, so he reached out to her. “He asked me about what we used to remove graffiti because what he’d found wasn’t effective. I told him about the citizen graffiti removal kit, and he and began taking it upon himself to clean up graffiti when it appeared.” Asking to remain anonymous, the Graffiti Guru walks the Eastside Trail through Reynoldstown daily and has adopted this stretch as his, cleaning tags and graffiti from Wylie Street to Memorial, and even down to Glenwood. As soon as he spots a tag, he returns home to get cleaning supplies. “I don’t want the artists to think their tags are staying there,” he shares over the phone, after completing a clean-up job. “If we can just get a couple people like me, then it would be easy. You only need five to six volunteers to each do a half-mile stretch. The BeltLine is beautiful when it’s tag-free. It’s no place for political messages or f-yous. It belongs to the taxpayers, so it’s all of ours.” “Litter sticks also work,” Hutmacher adds. “If everyone could just pick up a little bit when they see it, that would be great!” When people make comments about the litter or graffiti on the Atlanta BeltLine, Hutmacher submits a ticket for clean up, but also encourages citizens, “rather than complaining, I tell them to get involved! I need your help!” Hutmacher may not live in the city limits, but she knows every corner of the Atlanta BeltLine’s built and interim corridor, her favorite being the Southwest Connector Spur Trail. A quiet spot far from the noise of traffic, she has seen deer and rabbits in the area and welcomes its peaceful calm. “These are parks for everyone—babies, toddlers, big kids, parents, grandparents. We need the community to help out,” she sighs, clearly exhausted by the Sisyphean load. “This is your space.” Get Involved Atlanta BeltLine Partnership’s Adoption Groups (not meeting during COVID) Where to get a Citizens Removal Kit 2 thoughts on this article.Join the discussion below David Everett says: SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 AT 9:22 AM This woman is a saint! A thankless job done with passion and concern for the community, were do we find more like her? Thanks for recognizing a great leader and dedicated crew. REPLY Bill Matkin says: SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 AT 4:46 PM Tucker has been making the world a greener and better place for a long time. The fact that she has gotten the job done in this crazy environment does not surprise me! So glad she gets the much deserved recognition. REPLY Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. 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一支由六名长期雇员和六名季节性雇员组成的团队负责清洁和维护所有 BeltLine 步道和公园。


最近，公园环线团队成为了写信活动的主题，感谢他们的工作。


“那些人花时间查找我们的地址，写信寄给我们。这让每个人都感到很欣慰，但我仍然希望每个人都能把垃圾捡起来。”


感激的市民写来的感谢信装饰着赫特马赫位于老第四区的办公室的出口门，提醒她的团队他们正在做重要的工作。


无论是在步道上还是在办公室，Hutmacher 经常会遇到一些忧心忡忡的市民。他们分享自己对狗粪的不满，举报卫生间的破坏行为，或者在步道的不同路段发现涂鸦。东区步道南端的一位居民，被 Hutmacher 亲切地称为“涂鸦大师”，他对家附近东区步道延伸段出现的涂鸦感到特别不满，于是向 Hutmacher 求助。


他问我用什么清除涂鸦，因为他发现的方法都不太有效。我告诉他“市民涂鸦清除套装” ，然后他就开始主动承担起清除涂鸦的任务。


这位不愿透露姓名的涂鸦大师每天都会沿着东区步道穿过雷诺兹镇，并将这一段作为自己的专属路线，清理从怀利街到纪念街，甚至到格伦伍德的涂鸦和标签。只要看到标签，他就会回家取清洁用品。


“我不想让艺术家们觉得他们的标签就一直挂在那里，”他在完成清理工作后在电话里说道。“如果我们能找到几个像我这样的人，那就容易多了。只需要五六个志愿者，每人负责半英里的路段。没有标签的BeltLine很美。这里不适合发表政治言论或发表‘你去死’之类的言论。它属于纳税人，所以它属于我们所有人。”


“垃圾棒也挺管用的，”Hutmacher补充道。“如果每个人看到垃圾棒都能捡一点，那就太好了！”

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