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Mott Haven ministry has four-legged helper
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Juan De Jesus.
A yellow Labrador helps teach children in an after-school program One Saturday five years ago 28-year-old Andrew Mann drove his budget truck from Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Mott Haven. Ever since, the young minister has been overseeing the day-to-day activities at Graffiti “2” Ministries on Brook Avenue and East 141st Street. If you ask those [...]
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Mott Haven firm pioneers green moving
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Juan De Jesus.
Reduced trips, reusable boxes and recycled packing pellets head list A new patch of green is growing in Mott Haven–but it isn’t grass. In the shadow of the Bruckner Expressway, a company called iMovegreen, is trying to transform the moving business. What makes a mover green? Instead of Styrofoam peanuts, the company offers its clients [...]
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South Bronx Action Group says "We’re still here"
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by Juan De Jesus.
For 40 years the South Bronx Action group helped tenants who lived in Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris. Then in February, the organization lost its home. Forced by cuts to its funding from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to leave the offices on East 149th Street where its staff had counseled tenants on housing and citizenship issues, South Bronx Action did what many individuals do—it moved in with a relative. It now shares quarters with Nos Quedamos on Melrose Avenue and East 156th Street, bringing together two social service agencies of long standing.
