How is 'The Zone' cleanup going so far? Business owner sounds off

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“I just want to come here and work. I don't want to pick up garbage, pick up poop,” said a business owner. 'I don't want to bleach my property. I want to come to work and do business and make money. That's what I'm here for.'

It's been more than six weeks since the city of Phoenix began a massive undertaking of the clearing of hundreds of homeless people from an encampment known as The Zone. The city has had three projects so far, in which they cleared a block area of tents and offered services to the people there. FOX 10's Linda Williams has a look at how it's going.It's been more than six weeks since the city of Phoenix began a massive undertaking of the clearing of hundreds ofon May 10.

"No, they're worse for me," said Joe Faillace, owner of Old Sub Station. "There's more people camped in front of my restaurant, more garbage." "A bunch of people went across the street, started tenting up," he said. "I told them, ‘I think you’re making a mistake because people are going to come and kick you off,' and they said, ‘No, we’re allowed in this area.'"

 

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