Residents of the Junction
Avenue neighborhood celebrated construction of a large rain garden planted with
fruit trees and native plants, and including benches and stepping stones. The
groundbreaking was Wednesday, November 18 on Hoag Street near Pickett
Elementary School. The rain garden will be an educational opportunity for the
four schools in the neighborhood.
Neighborhood leaders are at
work on a revitalization plan. Toledo
Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG) has worked with residents to
include green infrastructure in their plans
The rain garden was jointly
funded by TMACOG, Partners for Clean Streams, the Lucas County Land Bank, and the Lake
Erie Protection Fund.
Neighborhood leaders
gathered to celebrate the start of the rain garden.
From left to right - Shantae
Brownlee, vice president and director of community relations of Lucas County
Land Bank; Sonia McNair, community
member, parent of Jones School student, urban farmer and herbalist volunteer; Dr. Ward Barnett, principal of Jones
Leadership Academy; Mr. Willie Ward
principal and Mr. Willie White
assistant principal of Martin Luther King Jr. Academy for Boys; Ms. Vivian Bush, community member of
Junction Community Coalition leadership; Ms.
Cindy Geronimo, director of City of Toledo code enforcement; and Ms. Alicia Smith, TMACOG Junction
Community Liaison.
Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments | www.tmacog.org
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