PNC Gives $5K to Gregg’s Gardens in Warren
WARREN, Ohio -- The PNC Foundation presented a $5,000 grant to Gregg’s Gardens to support its efforts to create a 22-square-block garden district just north of downtown Warren, the volunteer group announced June 26.
“The creation of a garden district is an economic development program designed to make the 22-square-block area a more desirable place to live and visit,” said Dennis Blank, a volunteer of Gregg’s Gardens.
The project intends to plant gardens in 58 vacant lots where condemned houses sit. Most of the garden would feature wildflowers and native plants, Matt Martin of Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership in Warren, said, but several plots will consist of community vegetable gardens and a quarter-acre field of barley.
“Communities thrive when residents are engaged in efforts to revitalize their neighborhoods,” said Ted Schmidt, Youngtown Regional president of PNC Bank on behalf of the PNC Foundation. “By involving those most interested in reclaiming this blighted area of the city, Gregg’s Gardens and TNP are planting the seeds of positive change.”
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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