Downtown Lawrence merchants are hatching a plan to help rid Massachusetts Street of panhandlers. A new program will hand out educational resources listing social service agencies to downtown visitors, designed to discourage them from giving out money.

What makes the city of Lawrence work? Here are the numbers, averaged out, of services the city provides each week.

• 13.8 — police officers on duty for the midnight shift
• 69.4 — millions of gallons of water distributed by the city
• 81 — number of youth and adult games played
• 184 — classes held at the Nature Center, Aquatic Center and recreation buildings
• 190 — calls for service by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical
• 230 — feet of water main replaced
• 319 — miles of streets maintained
• 1,256 — tons of trash collected
• 7,826 — feet of sewer line that is cleaned and inspected
• 14,000 — rides on the T
• 592,829 — dollar amount of sales tax collected

Source: City of Lawrence