'Murder Avenue' no more
10 Nov 2009 - Ines Bebea | The Local: Frt-Greene Blog, NYTimes.com
This NYTimes.com blog post features the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project in Brooklyn, NY, one of this year's MetLife Foundation award winners. LISC Community Safety Initiative (CSI) Program Director, Julia Ryan, is quoted.
The Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project beat out 650 community redevelopment organizations around the country to win a $25,000 award — and some of the prize money will go to support 88th Precinct youth programs.
In addition to offering a financial boost, the kudos is seen as a recognition of efforts to turn around a strip once nicknamed "Murder Avenue." Continued[+]...
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