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Take Two

LA schools get greening grants but officials put projects on ice

By Take Two Staff
Published Oct 23, 2013
Scott McNeely is part of a coalition awarded state funds to tear out asphalt and create a park inside Saturn Elementary School in LA's Mid City.
Scott McNeely is part of a coalition awarded state funds to tear out asphalt and create a park inside Saturn Elementary School in LA's Mid City.
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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC
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Principal Bonnie Tanaka says a new parklet on school grounds built with Prop. 84 funds is very popular among students.
Principal Bonnie Tanaka says a new parklet on school grounds built with Prop. 84 funds is very popular among students.
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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC
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LA schools get greening grants but officials put projects on ice

Seven years ago, voters approved millions of dollars in bonds for Proposition 84. The money would fund new community gardens, wetlands renewal, and tree planting in public spaces.

Since then, the state's received more than a-dozen proposals for greening projects at public schools. The first of these made it to the ribbon-cutting stage, but others face obstacles. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports.