$2.5M environmental justice grant to fund new HEARTS community center in Mott Haven
The funding will support the HEARTS Center, a project led by South Bronx Unite, the organization that created the community land trust that controls the site.
News 12 The Bronx
by Kelly Kenedy
State officials announced more than $12 million in environmental justice grants across New York, with $2.5 million awarded to South Bronx Unite to create a new community center in Mott Haven focused on health, education and job training.
The funding will support the HEARTS Center, a project led by South Bronx Unite, the organization that created the community land trust that controls the site.
It's a project community leaders say is designed to address longstanding environmental and economic disparities in the South Bronx. "It has historically not been invested in," said Michael Johnson, co-founder of South Bronx Unite.
For 26-year-old Donald Folks, opportunity made a lasting difference. Folks is a graduate of Green City Force, a program that offers green job training to young people living in NYCHA developments.
“It changed my life a lot for the better,” Folks said.
