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DC arborist teaches students importance of outdoor careers while cleaning up abandoned home
- An arborist aims to engage DC students this summer by cleaning up a long-ignored, vacant home.
- The property at 34th and Clay is blighted and has owed nearly $900,000 in taxes.
- City officials say the home is going through the district’s tax sale procedures.
- Boston notes the private property has been neglected for years, prompting safety concerns about falling branches.
- He questions why the city has not intervened to remove trees on private property.
- Boston envisions a learning opportunity across trades such as landscaping and HVAC for DC youth.
- The property is tied to tax sale procedures and has not been reported for years.
- The site’s neglect has drawn attention as a potential community project for youth.
- The district notes the home is in tax sale proceedings after years of vacancy.
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