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South Scranton will become home to innovative housing projectWVIA FM
Scranton, PA,
September 5, 2024
Cartwright said projects like this put workers and the middle class first. "I look forward to celebrating its completion with you in the future," he said.
Rashida Lovely has a vision. Three-story housing complexes for working class families built on blighted land in South Scranton. The utilities will run on renewable energy. Families who live in the apartments can purchase low-cost fresh produce in an automated market. The farmers will grow those crops under solar panels. “South Scranton represents the most marginalized, low income, blighted area that we have in the City of Scranton. So why not raise the lowest boat? That will lift up everyone," she said. "And we could also show that we don’t have to forget about high-crime, low-income areas. We can work in those areas and actually see and effect change.” Lovely, a Scranton small-business owner, is part of a coalition of around 20 local companies, farms, social services and housing advocates who applied for a $23 million dollar federal grant to build the innovative, affordable housing. Lovely discussed the project alongside state Rep. Kyle Donahue and Bridget Kosierowski and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright — all Democrats — during the Climate Action Campaign's Clean Energy REVolution Tour stop at Nay Aug Park in Scranton. Read more here. |