Featured Local recycling saves city money, funds food pantry (Melecio Franco – Your Cleveland News, 09/23/2012) Recycling opportunities offered by a local nonprofit organization will help the city save money, keep tons of garbage out of landfills and raise much needed funds for a food pantry. Operation Refuge operates a food pantry which distributes food to approximately 250 families each…
Featured Jones Park Logs 30 Years (The Paper Magazine, 9/20/2012) Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center, a 312-acre “hidden gem†of wilderness preserve, is celebrating its 30th year. The park has changed over the years and now has an award-winning playground, seven-mile paved trail system, cypress boardwalk, nature center with both live and mounted plant and animal exhibits, and…
Featured Westbury Community Garden may be in jeopardy (Deborah Wrigley – ABC13 News, 09/06/2012) The seven acre Westbury Community Garden in far southwest Houston now may be in jeopardy. The undeveloped land has been owned by the Houston Housing Authority for three decades, and leased by the Westbury Civic Club for a community garden for only the past two years….