From WECT 6 News:
The Wilmington Housing Authority Board plans to roll out a new landscaping initiative within their communities, which leaders say will not only hire local residents, but also shape the yards and the morale of WHA tenants.
“There’s a resident engagement aspect that I like,” Tyrone Garrett, the executive director of the WHA said to board members during a meeting Thursday afternoon. “It gives us an opportunity to hire our own residents and put them to work, and that will give them pride in what they’re doing and pride in their community.”
Additionally, Garrett thinks the program may help prevent crime within the city’s public housing communities, which has decreased by 19% since last May.
“Landscaping and planting flowers change attitudes.” said Hollis Briggs Jr., a WHA board member. “If you’ve got people out there planting, and they can see what’s going on, they might see some stuff the police need to know about. All of that works great.”
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