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Phoenix mayor kicks off revitalization project to transform vacant lot into public space

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Phoenix mayor kicks off revitalization project to transform vacant lot into public space
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November 26, 2012
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Downtown Devil
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Mayor Greg Stanton kicked off a revitalization project for a 15-acre vacant lot in midtown Phoenix with excitement on Monday.

A Vacant Lot in Phoenix Offers Refugees a Taste of Home

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A Vacant Lot in Phoenix Offers Refugees a Taste of Home
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November 26, 2012
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New York Times
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PHOENIX – Hussein Al Hamka is going to farm his famous cucumbers on a 15-acre vacant lot in the heart of this city, where nearly half of all lots sit empty and unused.

In the News: A taste of home for refugees

Vegetables at the IRC's New Roots community garden in Phoenix.

Photo: Lindy Drew/IRC

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Join us on November 15: New Roots community gardening phone briefing

A refugee farmer waters his crops at an IRC New Roots community garden in the Bronx, New York.

Photo: Brian Harkin

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At the farm

Noueth (right), a refugee from Cambodia, talks with Jake Gillick of Earnest Eats at the New Roots farm in San Diego where she grows mint used in Earnest Eats bars.

Photo: Erin Oveis Brant

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A garden of opportunity

Abdi Hassen (right) arrived in Baltimore in May 2012 after fleeing political oppression in Ethiopia. He shows the IRC’s Sharon Waxman produce grown by refugee farmers at a local New Roots garden.

Photo: Jennifer Messer/IRC

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Refugees from war-torn lands tend Drew Gardens in Bronx, harvesting solace along with vegetables

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Refugees from war-torn lands tend Drew Gardens in Bronx, harvesting solace along with vegetables
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October 16, 2012
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Daily News
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Photo: Rashida Jones visits NYC New Roots garden

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New Roots in America

Fresh produce grown by refugees in a New Roots community garden.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
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