A neighborhood in the College Area is lit up again after being left in the dark for months .

“Hallelujah … You know I wanted sing the praises, hallelujah!” Jim Jennings said.

Jim is grateful the streetlights in his neighborhood are back on.

For months he and other neighbors filed multiple “ Get It Done ” requests asking the city to fix the streetlights, citing public safety concerns.

“It’s pretty scary, you kind of just run and hope the door unlocks the first time when you get to your door because you just don’t really know what’s out there being out there by yourself as a girl can be pretty scary,” said Alyssa Maddock, a college student who lives in the neighborhood.

This past weekend, city officials installed 27 solar streetlights along Rockford Drive in the College Area.

Neigh

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