COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Over the last few days, we have been exploring possible solutions to an issue that was frequently raised during our Colerain "Let's Talk" event: blight across the township.

We first interviewed event attendees about their concerns with spots in the township that they believe need to be cleaned up. Those conversations brought us to Colerain Police Lt. Jamie Penley, who leads the department's environmental crimes unit.

"It's not tedious (work), because you're making this place better," he said. "Deterioration in a neighborhood leads to more deterioration, and that's unfortunately (what) our problem is, that if people are not made aware of issues, then they're just going to continue to grow."

This 9-person team has done over 5,000 blight inspections this year

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