[LISTEN] Community Matters – Frank Besse – April 29, 2021
WRFA’s Julia Ciesla-Hanley spoke with
Jamestown Renaissance Corporation Executive Director
Frank Besse on rehabilitation work happening at
Potter’s Terrace–
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Bishop Sean Rowe sorts produce for the Jamestown Mobile Market with Linnea Carlson, director of the market. Photo: Luke Fodor
[Dioceses of Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania] St. Luke’s Church in Jamestown, New York, is not just trying to change the way the city eats, it’s trying to change the way it thinks about food.
Led by its rector, the Rev. Luke Fodor, whose passion for fresh vegetables is such that people send him produce-themed birthday cards, the parish has donated money, space, time and energy to several interconnected fresh food initiatives aimed at helping local residents eat a better diet and helping local farmers to earn a better living.
Rehabilitation Work on Long-Closed Potter’s Terrace-AIDS Memorial Park Started
Rehabilitation of the Potter’s Terrace-
AIDS Memorial Park at West Third Street and Potter’s Alley has begun. The park, owned by the
Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, has been closed since 2019 due to issues with the wood structure as well as an 8-foot hole beneath the park. JRC Executive Director
Frank Besse said they decided to fix the issue by filling in that hole,
“A fairly simple solution, but fairly complicated when you have its location intersecting with the alley and street there, the sidewalk and drainage issues, so that took some time to do. We went through the permitting process with the city and got the A-OK to start demo-ing the actual wood platform there and filling that in with dirt.”
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About 100 volunteers took part Saturday in the collaborative âHands On Neighborhoodsâ program in the city of Jamestown. Seven events in all will take place from April through October. Pictured are Stella Wilson, Lauren Heil-Wilson, Cecilia Wilson and Brooks Landy.
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The first neighborhood clean-up event of the collaborative “Hands On Neighborhoods” program was successfully completed Saturday in Jamestown.
About 100 volunteers and residents came out to help pick up litter and clean the sidewalks in the northside neighborhood between North Main and Washington streets, and between Sixth and 11th streets. More than 200 trash bags were filled.
Plenty of families and youngsters turned out, including the Northside Warriors football team, and a preschool class from Zion Covenant Church, who concentrated their efforts on Dow Park.
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