Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis ‘Clean Up, Build Up’ East St. Louis

Volunteers clear away a sidewalk with debris and do yard work as part of The Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’ “Clean Up, Build Up" event in East St. Winford Jewell, left, with Urban League, shakes the hand of Willie Mumphard as Mumphard asks to get his property torn down as part of the Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan St.

Steve Chesnut, center, and Randy Gibson, right, both with Shade Tree, watch a skid loader clear away large branches after chainsawing them as part of The Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Steve Chesnut, foreman with Shade Tree, prepares to chainsaw and clear away tree branches behind a house as part of The Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Taylor Pearson, of Alton, Ill., picks up trash on the side of Ridge Avenue as part of The Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan St.

From left, Joe Almeter, of Godfrey, Ill., Bill Hamilton, of Barnhart, Mo., and Jazz Koffman, of De Soto, Mo., pick up trash on the side of Ridge Avenue as part of the Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan… An excavator breaks down an old house on Martin Luther King Dr. as part of the Regional Business Council and Urban League of Metropolitan St.