Driving around town, especially at major intersections, it’s easy to spot discarded chip bags, soda bottles, tobacco tins and other trash strewn about.
We can’t help but wonder if the folks who so freely throw their trash onto our city streets live that way at home. Pine Bluff is our community. It doesn’t belong to one person, it belongs to all of us. That’s why it’s important to keep things looking nice and neat. If you want to trash your own home, feel free. But keep it indoors.
We’ve talked about this before, but it bears repeating. When investors visit a community looking to build new industries or businesses, appearance matters. Some folks sneer at that notion. But trust us, it’s true.
Just a few years ago, a major restaurant chain was looking to build in Pine Bluff, we’re told on good authority, but decided against it when they toured several areas that they felt weren’t up to their standard of cleanliness.
The city has been doing its part with major cleanups. And we tip our hat to Pine Bluff Mayor Debe Hollingsworth, the Pine Bluff Police Department, the Clean and Beautiful organization and others who try their best to keep our city looking nice.
They can’t do it alone, however. It takes all of us to pitch in and put our litter in the proper place: a trash can.
So the next time you are driving around town and finish off that bottle of soda, please think twice before tossing it out on the street. You’ll be doing our city proud.