WXYZ reports that Paige Breithart decided to plant flowers in part to beautify her neighborhood's unsightly roads but also to draw attention to the city's neglect of the potholes.

Hamtramck’s mayor Karen Majewski was contacted by WXYZ and said in a statement that she thought that planting flowers in the potholes was “very cool.”

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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