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When Maya Patel, executive chair of the Tarsadia Foundation, first visited Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Healthy Neighborhoods in 2019, she was inspired by its mission to alleviate education and health disparities, revitalize neighborhoods and reduce the cycle of poverty through community partnerships.
Patel, who serves on the board of governors for CSUF’s Philanthropic Foundation, also feels a personal connection to the community, with many members of her family graduating from the university.
Maya Patel, executive chair of the Tarsadia Foundation
“This is where we grew up and we were naturally drawn to the school,” shared Patel. “Through some friends I got connected to the board and was able to learn about all of the programs the university offers to help our community.”
To gauge the ongoing demand for houses on Columbus South Side, and what people are willing to pay for them in the age of COVID, look no farther than Carpenter Street south of Livingston Avenue.
There you ll find a property that the city of Columbus bought for $17,000 in 2010. The 1,830-square-foot house was renovated then sold through the nonprofit Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Homes collaborative, going for $132,000 in 2013, $250,000 in 2018 and $330,000 in 2020.
A little farther north, Mayra Castillo bought her house that the Healthy Homes collaborative once renovated for $260,500 in 2020. Eleven years before that, it sold for $92,500. The city land bank bought it for $19,500 in 2008.
Louisville community activists to create anti-violence plan
There wont be an end to the shootings, according to West Louisville Urban Coalition President Neal Robertson, until work begins on solutions. Author: Tyler Emery Updated: 11:35 PM EST February 7, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Community activists say they re tired of waiting for plans to address the violence in the city.
There wont be an end to the shootings, according to West Louisville Urban Coalition President Neal Robertson, until work begins on solutions. Everyone one of us in this community are going to have to play our part, he said. They re not going to stop, they won t stop.
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The Green Resource Center at Norristown Farm Park, located along West Germantown Pike across from Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, will use an existing barn. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which produces the annual Philadelphia Flower Show, is bringing a Green Resource Center to Montgomery County. The site at the Norristown Farm Park is expected to be fully operational in the spring.
“I think it’s going to be a beautiful addition to a really incredible park,” said Julianne Schrader Ortega, vice president of PHS and chief of its Healthy Neighborhoods initiative.
The new center will include a 2-acre teaching farm, a greenhouse partially powered by solar energy, a wash station, community garden beds, a shading area for seedlings, and a pavilion for public programs.