| 1 | FERGUSON, Mo. |
| 2 | - One of the areas hardest hit by last year's unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, that followed the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown is getting a little sprucing. |
| 3 | Hundreds of volunteers converged Monday morning on West Florissant Avenue for a litter-pickup and weeding effort spearheaded by KMOX Radio personality Charlie Brennan ahead of the Aug. 9 one-year anniversary of Brown's death. |
| 4 | An organizer, Roy Gillespie, says the cleanup was less about beautification than it was about building regional unity by drawing in Ferguson residents and outsiders to pitch in. |
| 5 | The hub of Monday's event was the site of a former QuikTrip store that was looted and torched the night after Brown was shot and killed roughly a half mile away. |
| 6 | The property will become a job training and placement center. |