A Titusville man is on a mission to spruce up downtown Oil City one clean window at a time.
Since Monday, Jeremy Brandon has spent every day washing windows and cleaning up in the North Side business district.
“Let’s take pride in the community… If the town is cleaner it will be safer and if it is safer it will be a healthier place to live,” Brandon said.
Brandon, who was born in Oil City and raised in Pleasantville, said he came to Oil City for the Oil Heritage Festival to spend time with his mother and sister.
While walking around the city, Brandon said he became “extremely disgusted because of the dirty signage, dirty windows and dirty sidewalks” and how everyone left their trash laying around after the fireworks, so he decided to do something about it.
Brandon, who works full time, said he was off work this week so he used that time to clean up in Oil City.
He bought supplies and got a ride to Oil City where he began washing windows and cleaning up sidewalks.
A clean downtown is an inviting downtown, enticing to businesses and passersby, Brandon said.
With so many main roads in the region crisscrossing in Oil City, thousands of cars go through the city daily, Brandon said.
He also noted the remarkable amount of oil history in Oil City and the surrounding area.
While sprucing things up, Brandon said people have been very kind bringing him sandwiches and water. Some people and businesses have also given him donations.
He said other volunteers have also joined him for a few hours during the week.
On Thursday, Barb Dudzic, who had stopped in the downtown with her husband, Bill, to join in the clean-up effort, said she would really like to see more people out cleaning up and taking responsibility for where they live.
Dudzic suggested people adopt a block and keep it clean as they find the time.
