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Ludy Biddle, Executive Director, NeighborWorks of Western Vermont
Ludy Biddle, Executive Director, NeighborWorks of Western Vermont
Erin Sorensen: Making neighborhoods inclusive
When Erin Sorensen and her husband moved into the Veterans Park neighborhood of Boise, Idaho, it was so “rough” he wondered why she was insistent it was a good choice. A few homes were clearly a hive of drug-related activity, police came in and out, fences were vandalized with spray paint and the school bus was a shooting target.
Sandra Robertson: Reconnecting residents to the land
Communal gardens have become a fixture of neighborhood revitalization and community-building programs. Whether it be individual plots in one garden or one big lot that residents cultivate together, there is a growing escalation of a phenomenon with deep roots in American history, culture—and psyche.
When this resident sees ‘room for improvement,’ she gets to work
As a resident of the College Park neighborhood in Las Vegas for 54 years, RaeAnn Peterson with NHS of Southern Nevada didn’t stand around and wait for someone else to fix problems in her neighborhood.
Community garden is transformed from eyesore to business
Ponce Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) is helping a group of residents transform an abandoned garden in the rural community of La Moca, Puerto Rico, into a community farm growing herbs for homemade “sofrito” that can be sold at market.
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