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When Green Infrastructure Is an Anti-Poverty Strategy
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Drought and heat waves are decimating crops around the world in countries like Afghanistan and South Sudan, driving rising hunger crises. The problem of hunger may only get worse as the global population reaches almost 10 billion people by 2050, making it more... Read more... In Highland Park, a small hamlet surrounded entirely by the city of Detroit, 2014 was not the best time to be thinking about expanding primary care and behavioral health services. Detroit had recently declared bankruptcy, and the broader economy was... Read more... Just more than a week after Springfield marked its eighth homicide of the year, hundreds of residents flocked to Jaycee Park for a street festival celebrating the upcoming start of the school year and calling for an end to the... Read more... Trish doesn’t have many places to turn. She’s living at her elderly father’s home without a job because she can’t afford the care he needs. And every day she says the balance sheet seems stained with more red ink. Read more... To more effectively prevent homelessness and intervene in the lives of people living on Springfield’s streets, a local social-service agency is proposing a $3 million Center for Health & Housing where mental-health, health-care and emergency shelter services would be offered... Read more... Our Outreach Workers serve as a direct link between resource providers and underserved populations. Read more... The Resident Engagement Action Project hosted a community clean up day on April 13, 2019. The volunteers picked up trash between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Cook Street as part of their Adopt-A-Street campaign. Team Leaders Allissa Hall and Aaron... Read more... Looking for a community garden, farmers market or recycling location? Open the map to start your adventure. Read more... Team REAP obtains Adopt-A-Street designation for MLK Boulevard. Read more...
5 ways social entrepreneurs are trying to cut food waste
How Community Development Lenders Work Around the Legacy of Redlining
Block party celebrates start of school, calls for end to violence
Your Local Library May Have A New Offering In Stock: A Resident Social Worker
‘Health & Housing’ center proposed to better respond to homelessness
Neighborhood Outreach Workers
REAP hosts Clean Up Day
Sustain Springfield Green Map
MLK Boulevard Clean-ups
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