Tucson Escorts: Renovation helps neighborhood
The couples have done most of the renovations – including painting, carpentry and landscaping – incorporating as many green elements and products as possible in the two-building, 24-unit complex. This summer they will pave the dirt parking lot using an eco-friendly process that is less expensive than asphalt.
When they first saw the blighted complex, “we were all appalled by the way people here were expected to live,” Gary Menard said.
Units were strewn with trash and rotting food. They were crawling with roaches. Holes were punched in walls, and plumbing, heating and air conditioning barely functioned.
Crime was rampant, with the parking lot used for stripping stolen cars and drug deals conducted in the street and over the back fence. Prostitution was common and one resident used the community laundry room to stash stolen goods.