August 24, 2017
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| Project Manager, Sarah Baxendell, takes people on a tour of The Hilltop Alliance Hilltop Farm site in St. Clair on Thursday, August 24, 2017. Photo by Nate Smallwood. |
Rev. Maurice C. Trent Jr. remembers walking the streets of St. Clair Village when the former Pittsburgh housing project was a notorious haven for drug dealers, gang activity and murder.
“I buried a lot of young men from up here,” said Trent, pastor of nearby Lighthouse Cathedral church. “To have an opportunity to have young people come here and learn in a productive manner is an awesome thing.”
The Hilltop Alliance is partnering with foundations and government to transform a portion of the vacant, 107-acre site into an urban farm. Public officials, civic leaders and residents gathered there Thursday to acknowledge the first phase of development.
“This will include onsite food production and sales, youth and new farmer education programs and community growing areas,” said Aaron Sukenik, the alliance's executive director. “Upon completion, it will actually be the largest urban farm in the United States and ... just two miles from Downtown.”
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