Today’s Empty Lots, Tomorrow’s Oases: South Bronx Groups Look to Green Abandoned Parcels
Mott Haven Herald
By: Leandra Manon
In front of a vacant, city-owned lot at the corner of Park Avenue and 138th street, members of two local grassroots groups stood by to draw attention to the neglected parcel behind them.
South Bronx Unite and The Bronx is Blooming are joining forces to draw attention to the possibilities they say are within the public’s grasp in the area’s empty lots. Volunteers from both groups came out last Friday to introduce others to seed bombing and guerrilla gardening.
Mattia Colon, partnership development coordinator for The Bronx is Blooming, said every time she sees a derelict lot, she sees an opportunity.
“It’s a problem because we have a lot of empty lots, we have a lot of empty green spaces, and I’m questioning ‘what are we going to do with it?” said Colon.
