Blueprint 15 aims to protect East Adams residents after I-81 overhaul Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer The nonprofit recently received a $1 million dollar grant, which it will use to kickstart several anti-displacement strategies in the neighborhood. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. UPDATED: Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:45 p.m. To Arlaina Harris, the best way to effect change in the East Adams Street neighborhood is by empowering its residents. Harris, who grew up on Syracuse’s Southside, is the director of community partnerships at Blueprint 15, a Syracuse nonprofit aiming to revitalize East Adams. The area is a portion of the former 15th Ward, a predominantly Black neighborhood destroyed by the construction of the Interstate 81 highway in the mid-20th century.