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The Alley Behind the Shop: Why Clallam’s Small Businesses Are Choosing Jake Seegers
Intro by Jeff Tozzer
Warning: This article contains graphic images of human waste.
Every morning before the doors open at Van Dyke Hardwoods on First Street, someone has to walk the alley. Trash gets scattered. Sleeping bags pile up and get abandoned. Needles turn up. There have been fires started at the back door, break-ins, and, more than once, human waste left right outside the shop.
Randy Van Dyke’s crew often cleans it up before he arrives so customers never see it. His wife’s gift-and-plant shop next door deals with the same reality, including safety concerns for female employees…
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