My understanding about the Doe Foundation is this (and my husband has a much better understanding than I do, but I can't ask him right now): typically, these are paid for by a local BID. However, 74th Street is almost exclusively owned by one landlord, and he has no interest in sponsoring anything (and as someone mentioned, there are quite a few rifts among the business owners). Now, I may be remembering what I heard incorrectly, but I believe the Doe Fund was sponsored some other way, and that's why we only have a part-time Doe Fund, instead of a full-time Doe Fund.
So, they may be cleaning the Plaza, but my guess is that we need a full-time Doe Fund. I would be willing to do any of the following:
1. Work on a volunteer committee to help clean (although my time is limited when I work full-time and obviously, we need a number of people to make this effective)
2. Pressure the landlord (in ways TBD) to make up the other half of the Doe Fund so we could get full-time help (which that street warrants)
3. Organize a fundraiser for a full-time Doe Fund
Doe Fund may now be full-time, since it's been a while since I talked about this, but I'll ask around to confirm.
General thoughts?
And thanks for bussing a table! I really think there needs to be a return to anti-littering campaigns, like the Native American chief I remember so vividly from my youth. (Maybe we can pressure the local schools to start something, so kids will educate their parents?)