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Posted  on April 14, 2008 at 4:52 AM
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Winning contest would fund Hill greening

Monday, April 14, 2008

By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Fiona Cheong wants to get out the vote. The deadline is April 22, but this election is not about electoral politics. It's about the greening of the Hill District.

 

Ms. Cheong, an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh, is one of 20 finalists nationwide vying for a Case Foundation grant of $25,000 if enough votes put her project in the final four. Case chose the 20 finalists from among 5,000 contestants.

 

"Reimagining Our City" is her proposal to bring Hill District and Winchester Thurston School students together to help design and create green space as part of the Hill's economic development.

 

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