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6/14/2010

Volunteers build new playground for Cutler Bay school

Volunteers built a new school playground in one day, thanks in part to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the nonprofit KaBOOM!
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News Challenge-funded screens link communities in Boston suburbs

The Boston Globe
6/11/2010
Jamarhl Crawford stood on the sidewalk outside the Nubian Notion gift shop in Dudley Square, microphone in hand and an enormous screen in front of him. And on that 60-inch television, Zach Cone, standing in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner, spoke to him. The two men were separated by just 2.5 miles, or a few minutes on the No. 66 bus. But that distance can seem insurmountable when one neighborhood is predominantly black and working class and the other is a wealthy, mostly white community. As they chatted about their family histories, Crawford and Cone seemed closer.

See John Ewing's Winner Page on Newschallenge.org.
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Macon council panel makes appropriate decision on redevelopment funding

Macon Telegraph
6/10/2010
City Council’s Appropriations Committee made an justified about-face Wednesday. Tuesday it had made a number of cuts from the Board of Elections, Industrial Authority and Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful. However, the most egregious cut hit Historic Hills and Heights, a redevelopment effort that works in the area surrounding Mercer University, most notably Beall’s Hill. It is a joint effort between the city, Mercer and the Macon Housing Authority. All the partners contribute $75,000 annually and it was that figure that met the budget ax.
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Hills and Heights funding restored by Macon council committee

Macon Telegraph
6/10/2010
A day after cutting $75,000 for Historic Hills and Heights from the city’s proposed fiscal 2011 budget, the Macon City Council’s Appropriations Committee restored the funding Wednesday. The original cut was made Tuesday as part of more than $100,000 in cuts to outside agencies the city helps ...
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