How Neighborhood Groups Are Transforming Forgotten Properties

90.5 WESA | By Essential Pittsburgh

Published November 12, 2015 at 2:02 PM EST

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GTECH Strategies Director of Operations and Programming Evaine K. Sing sits on a stump in one of the Northside's newest 'Green Playces.'

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A little library in the corner of the Northside's new 'Green Playce," where students have contributed to the outdoor classroom.

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An upright growing center in one of the Northside's newest 'Green Playces."

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Several Pittsburgh organizations have taken abandoned lots and properties and transformed them into community-oriented spaces. GTECH StrategiesDirector of Operations and Programming Evaine K. Sing walks us through the Northside's newest project, one of their "Green Playces," and we visit Homewood, where Operation Better BlockCommunity Development Coordinator Demi Kolke tells us what's in the works for the neighborhood.

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