June Mead
Three teens, participating in the Community Improvement Through Youth (CITY) Project with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County, recently received this year's "Restoring the Pride: Youth Leadership Award" from the City of Binghamton. In presenting the awards, Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan said, "I am immensely pleased to give this year's Restoring the Pride Awards. It is a pleasure and a privilege to honor these residents, who have shown remarkable abilities, determination, and teamwork in bringing positive change to our City, and spreading it throughout." The CITY Project Teen Leaders receiving the award are Asia Ambler, Nyesha Barnes, and Jenece Reyes, Binghamton High School.
In addition, one of the CITY Project's community collaborators, Paul Harger, also received a Restoring the Pride award for his leadership in transforming a vacant, blighted lot near Columbus Park into a thriving community garden that has inspired other City of Binghamton residents to replicate Harger's urban garden. Last fall, the CITY Project Teen Leaders in Broome County donated a gardening shed to Harger's garden and helped plant and harvest vegetables. The CITY teens built the shed in conjunction with the Construction Academy they participated in as part of their summer employment in 2007.
The CITY Project is part of the Children, Youth and Families At-Risk (CYFAR) Program, Sustainable Community Projects (SCP). It is supported by Smith Lever funds from the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. June P. Mead is the evaluator and project director. Steve Goggin is the principal investigator.
For further information contact June Mead at jm62@cornell.edu.
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