The City of Erie’s Love Your Block program is beginning its fourth year and has expanded its options.
Love Your Block offers mini-grants for small home repairs for residents and community cleanups.
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Residents were previously able to apply for a grant up to $600, but it has now increased to $2,000.
Officials primarily focus on neighborhoods that don’t have other extra support to provide resources for them.
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“It’s so much more than just painting a porch. It’s connecting with residents, it’s building community connections, getting neighbors to connect with one another, seeing if there’s anything they might need to provide that connection, connect them to the city and other outside resources that were available. It’s building relations that really need to be fostered and rebuilding trust,” said Liz Reyes, neighborhood resource team leader for the City of Erie…