If you don’t succeed the first time, the second time, the third time, and add a few more, try doing it yourself. That is what Erin Sullivan and a group of others have done.

It is the Venice Post Office Annex off of Windward Circle that is the problem. How many stories have been in Update regarding cleaning the post office. All government officials are quick to respond with “of course, we will get right to that.”

Hasn’t really happened. Is better than it has been but the landscaping is terrible. Many promises, no action.

“I’ve met with a few concerned Venetians who want to clean up the Post Office Annex area and together we put together a quote, obtained permits and are now trying to raise private funds to trim the Italian Pines,” wrote Erin Sullivan. This would be the first phase of the project. Go to www.citizinvestor.com and look for local projects.

Here is what site says:

A group of Venice residents including the Venice Stakeholders Association is planning to repair the tree wells and sidewalks around the Post Office. Specifically, the 21 Italian Stone Pines on Grand, Riviera and Windward. The area around the Post Office typically becomes a repository for trash and discarded items. It’s an entryway to Windward Circle and our beaches. We’d like to clean this area up in a multi-phase project that involves tree and plant trimming, fixing the sidewalk trip hazards and beautifying the area surrounding the Post Office. The first phase of this as suggested by the City is that we should first trim all the trees to encourage them to create even more of a canopy than they do now; i.e., to get them to grow higher and broader. We have now obtained a City permit for that work and a bid from a licensed and insured landscaper.