Write a commentSteve Phillips gave the sixth year opening speech at the 2019 Oswego Renaissance Associations Awards, Saturday night held at the American Foundry.
More than 2.5 million dollars of private investment (through 2018) has been leveraged into Oswego's Renaissance Block neighborhoods over the last five years. Hundreds of homes have been painted, planted and improved since 2013.
"There were 14 Block Challenge grant awards this year as well as 11 Neighborhood Pride Grant awards. (Block Challenge grants are the matching grants for individual homeowners improvements, and Pride Grants are smaller grants to make street-wide improvements like tree plantings, curb gardens, landscaping, neighborhood signage etc." saud Paul Stewart, founding member of the ORA.
Block Leaders and the streets for the Block Challenge:
- Grace Shulz - East 5th & Cayuga
- Catharine Early - Tallman St
- Brian & Lee Hickey West Mohawk St
- Corrina McEwen - McWhorter St
- John Fitzgibbons - E Mohawk & 7th
- Dan Lupa - W 3rd & Niagara
- Robert Dumas - E 7th & Utica
- Liz & Kristi Eck - W 3rd & Seneca
- Michele Hourigan - Hawley St
- Jake & Debbie Tyler - E 8th St
- Jenny Arroway - W 4th & VanBuren
- Helene Metcalf - E 7th & Albany
- Lisa Glidden - E 10th & Seneca
Pride Grant leaders and the streets
- Kristin Binder - E 6th & Schuyler
- BrandyTynan - E 6th & Albany
- Mary Potter - E 4th & Utica
- Catharine Early - Tallman St. (This Street also won a block challenge award. The Pride Grant is a smaller award they applied for to do street signage.)
- Gerri Millar - Porchfest Franklin Sq/Montcalm Neighborhood
- Christina Chamberlain - E 6th & Utica
- Kim McPherson - E 6th & Cayuga
- Karen Doten - W 8th & Erie St
- Murat Yasar - W 5th & Van Buren
- Philip & Zsusza Von Gelichen - W 8th & Van Buren
- Lucy Medrano - W 5th St.
