Topic - Operation Better Block

The focus of Operation Better Block is to promote and revitalize the [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district9/html/homewood. Homewood-Brushton] Community, which is located in a minority populated section in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. - Source: Wikipedia

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In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 photo, Demi Kolke stands in the vacant lot she purchased in 2016 in Homewood, Pa.. The lot originally belonged to Kenneth Stubbs, a resident of Homewood who Kolke got to know through her work with Operation Better Block. In February, 2014, Stubbs was found murdered. Kolke is working to convert the lot into a community and cultural celebration space called Kenny's in honor of Stubbs. (Andrew Russell/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)

In heart of Homewood, an empty lot filled with meaning

By CHRIS TOGNERI - Associated Press