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Reno wins additional $60,000 Johns Hopkins grant to expand Love Your Block neighborhood program
Summary
The Reno City Council accepted an additional $60,000 grant from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center to expand the Love Your Block resident-led neighborhood improvement program. Applications for Ward 1 mini-grants run Feb. 13–March 31; budgets are $500–$5,000 and projects must finish by Aug. 31.
Roberto Lara, neighborhood coordinator with Housing and Neighborhood Development for the City of Reno, said the City accepted an additional $60,000 grant tied to the Love Your Block program and described how residents can apply.
Lara said the Love Your Block program is “a City of Reno neighborhood grant and volunteer program designed to empower resident-led projects that improve and revitalize communities.” The program partners locally with groups such as Reno Food Systems, the Nevada Division of Forestry and Bee Friendly Nevada and is delivered nationally through the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University.
The extra $60,000 supplements an earlier…
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