HOUSTON – A decade-long neighborhood eyesore that residents called a “dangerous jungle” has finally been transformed, thanks to one man’s determination to serve his community and a KPRC 2 investigation that sparked action in Houston’s Fifth Ward.

The vastly overgrown lot in the 4700 block of Salina Street had become more than just an unsightly nuisance – it represented a serious safety threat to the community, especially children walking to nearby Fleming Middle School.

Overgrown ‘jungle’ lot in Fifth Ward has neighbors angry, afraid

“You can see how weeds and grass become tall weeds, those weeds become bushes and bushes become trees. This is a jungle out here. That’s ten years worth of growth,” said Paul Holly, a resident who has lived with the eyesore just doors away from his well-ma

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