By Gabriel Rom
The Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation has started its semi-annual fund-raising campaign.
The group, which serves Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village, is asking for donations in order to upgrade its computer equipment and purchase a gate-lift for a new power-washer used for graffiti removal.
The GRRC conducts a number of community services, including landlord/tenant counseling, information on low-interest housing loans, and an especially successful anti-graffiti program.
“We used to have tow vans every day that would go out five days a week. But maybe ten years ago funding was cut back, and today we’re down to one crew that operates just three days a week,” said Christa Walls, the GRRC’s community liaison specialist.
The organization has removed graffiti at more than 5,600 sites since 1992.
Donations can be made through the GRRC website at www.ridge
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