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How community gardens and block associations help stem urban violence

Posted On January 1, 2018 By Laura Gutierrez In news /   No Comments
Patrick Sisson, a writer for Curbed.com, takes readers inside a case study of how community groups on Chicago’s south side are tapping into their power and ingenuity, and using resources such as those of the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities, to design solutions to the problem of urban violence. Read the story here.
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