By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Efforts to clean up St. Joseph have been going on for several years, and the St. Joseph City Council is putting forth efforts to help in that mission. Second District Councilmember Andy Trout says along with new infrastructure projects, there are several other projects in place to clean up the city "There's been a lot of street projects, a lot of historic restoration projects, a lot of structures that could not be saved have been demolished just because they're dangerous," Trout tells host of the KFEQ Hotline Barry Birr. "So, I think along those lines we've done well." Trout says on top of projects to revitalize and remove buildings, cleanup crews have been out all over St. Joseph over the past months working to better the look of the city. Trout, however, says that's only part of the problem, citing an additional problem is a lack of people who care, however. . . "We've had somewhere in the neighborhood of 280 cleanup crews, clean up days, in St. Joseph in the last year which is to me kind of a staggering number," Trout says. "There are a lot of people who care, there are a lot of people who want a clean St. Joe, the council most definitely wants a clean St. Joe." Trout says the council hopes to clean up old buildings and use them properly, but to clean St. Joe it also comes to people doing thing to better the city. Among those efforts to improve the city are initiatives to improve the housing situation affecting the city. Trout says when it comes to housing, it's not just the city, but several entities working together to improve that area. "It's hard to do more than one at a time, but there are several who do at least pieces of several at a time, and there are several groups doing this," Trout explains. "There is a shortage of housing everywhere, St. Joe is not unique to that, there's particularly a shortage in the mid income and below and that's mostly where the progress has been made, so that's wonderful news."