On-site recycling in Rox a Hub public housing first
By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Sometimes, it is easy being green.
Residents at Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens Estates are making their own contributions to help the earth. In March, the estates became the first family public housing development in Boston to have an on-site recycling program. According to Luz Maria Colon, a community organizer with the Madison Park Development Corporation, the “Orchard Gone Green” program is an example of how city government and neighborhood members can work together to improve the city, as well as a way to show young people how to be leaders in the community.
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