Project will convert downtown vacant lot into living classroom
The City of Niagara Falls and Greenprint Niagara, Inc. have partnered to submit a $25,000 grant application to the United States Conference of Mayors 2013 Gardens and Green Spaces Program. No matching City funds will be required if the grant is awarded. The application was submitted on October 26, 2012.
The project will convert a city owned vacant lot at 561 Third Street into a community greenspace with native plantings, a wireless internet hot-spot, and educational features to connect visitors to the region
Can you post a Google Earth image of the parcel? This sounds like a great idea and an excellent addition to the current available space downtown. I’d love to see something of this nature done on a temporary basis across downtown to utilize the vacant land along Buffalo Avenue (site of the Whitney Mansion and other great architecturally rich homes), and along Rainbow Blvd where building facades need vast improvement …
Matt – I just posted the picture on our facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NiagaraFallsCD.
We agree, this can be a temporary solution to the vacants, that will also help stabilize the blocks that they are on.