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Three cheers for Tiani Jennings, our Green Visions site manager!
When Morgan Barry, manager of the Green Visions program, heard that Monroe County was looking for young people to recognize, he said it was a no-brainer to nominate Tiani Jennings. The 21-year-old manages our job development/garden site in the JOSANA neighborhood. She...
Green Visions takes on new responsibilities
In our continuing efforts to make the Green Visions self-sustaining, the workforce preparation program is tackling more than growing flowers in the JOSANA neighborhood and selling them in bouquets. The High Falls Business Association has hired the group to plant and...
An exciting partnership blossoms for Green Visions
Green Visions is planting new seeds. Not just the kinds that produce great cut flowers, but the kinds that produce opportunities for a new group of youth – developmentally disabled students at Edison Career & Technology High School. The program has partnered with...
Celebrating 5 Years of Green Growth!
February 18, 2016, marked the fifth anniversary of Greentopia’s incorporation. So what does our five-year-old organization have to show for those years? Plenty! Four years of free Greentopia festivals to raise awareness of sustainability and green assets in downtown...
If it’s February, it’s time to get green. Green Visions, that is.
February is Green Visions month! Just as people in are turning to seed catalogs to dream about what they’ll grow in the spring and summer, Greentopia is planting new “seeds” to ensure that Green Visions continues to thrive. And, by the way, they’re also ordering...
5 Greentopia developments coming in 2016
It’s going to be an exciting year for Greentopia, as we move further into creating some of the physical projects that have been a goal since our inception. Here’s a look at what’s coming: Any day now: the FlourGarden will be finished. Final details, such as wood...