UNIT/CityCenter Power Washes Still River Walls

Mold and moss grew on the walls along Lee Hartell Drive so thick CityCenter Maintenance Worker Erik Carr power washed the words "Danbury Pride" onto the wall in front of Bruegger's Bagels.

As he continued washing the wall, the words disappeared.

"I'd like to see people take pride in downtown Danbury again," said Richard Antous, downtown Danbury unit coordinator. Antous, Carr and Shaun Kinsey, two CityCenter Danbury maintenance workers, were cleaning the wall together.

Antous works downtown to try to improve the central business district. Antous complained about store owners who don't bother cleaning up the cigarette butts accumulating outside their front doors. "'It's not my job,' they tell me," Antous said. He's shaking his head. "Your business is your job."

Antous and CityCenter are trying to figure out the same thorney question generations of Danbury leaders have struggled with. How to revitalize downtown Danbury?

After cleaning the Still River wall along White Street, Lee Hartell Drive, and Crosby Street, the Unit and CityCenter Danbury workers will power wash the sidewalk next to the Danbury Post Office.