by Liza Amirault | Mar 27, 2023 | Charity, Development, Green Visions, Greentopia
Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI) has named the Green Visions program as one of its Level Up Champions. This award is in recognition of our fair compensation of $15 per hour for program participants. Green Visions is dedicated to providing our...
by michael | Aug 27, 2018 | Environment, Green Visions, Greentopia
Now in its sixth year, the Green Visions program has installed an 800 square foot shipping container at the Green Visions Campus at 174 Whitney Street in the JOSANA neighborhood. The container has been completely retrofitted by Ikoniq, a Canandaigua-based company that...
by michael | Aug 18, 2017 | Green Visions, Greentopia, Morgan Barry
It’s been an unusual summer for Green Visions, Greentopia’s job development program. A super-soaked spring and summer, along with some red-tape tangles, delayed the start of the season. Manager Morgan Barry said the Green Visions garden wasn’t tilled until late...
by michael | Mar 6, 2017 | Green Visions, Greentopia
Trigger warning: you can’t watch Greentopia’s “14 Stories” without your heart being touched. This binge-worthy series of short films, posted on our website, profiles the young people who worked in the Green Visions program in 2016. There’s the young mother who didn’t...
by michael | Jun 21, 2016 | Green Visions, Greentopia
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...
by michael | Jun 11, 2016 | Green Visions, Greentopia
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...
