Sprucing up the neighborhood
Flowers surround the church and parsonage. For vegetables, we have two lots that had condemned houses on them: one has eight raised beds built by the men in the church and an additional area, the other has six raised beds. We’re doing the best we can in a gang-infested area. The church owns 80 parcels in the neighborhood; 10 are homes that we’ve fixed up and rent out at a low cost, 70 are empty lots, most of which had condemned houses.