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IN OUR CITY: EASTON
Discovering New Possibilities
Lafayette students are collaborating with Easton community organizations and residents this summer in efforts designed to discover new possibilities for the city’s arts scene and West Ward.
Jordan Kaplan ’10, Nick Oliver ’10, and Tsion Tsegaye ’10 are studying the potential economic and community-development impact of converting the Governor Wolf Building, 45 North Second St., into a sustainable art and cultural athenaeum and determining activities that would make the athenaeum project a regionally competitive source of revenue. Working under the direction of Gladstone (Fluney) Hutchinson, associate professor of economics, they also are analyzing the economic impact of targeted investments in the arts, culture, and tourism.
LA Block ’12, Michael Handzo ’11, and Courtney Morin ’10 are working with the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership as part of the collaborative Urban Ecology Project. With the focus of helping achieve local economic-development goals, they are analyzing the results of a Residential Perception Survey of 750 residents of the West Ward. The survey looks at residential needs and opportunities, ways to foster sustainable enterprises and community-serving businesses in the ward, and other topics. Their adviser is Bonnie Winfield, director of Lafayette’s Landis Community Outreach Center.
The students are called William T. Morris Foundation Community Fellows in recognition of a $25,000 grant in support of the initiatives from the William T. Morris Foundation, Westport, Conn., a private philanthropic organization that supports the arts, education, health care, and quality-of-life. Paul Barrett ’63, vice president, treasurer, and a director of the foundation, assisted the College in securing the grant.
Also participating in the West Ward project are Leroy Butler ’11, Pooja Shah ’11, and Alyssa Smith ’11. They are designated community fellows in recognition of a $10,000 grant from the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership (donated by Easton Hospital and Lafayette Ambassador Bank).
The Urban Ecology Project is a collaboration of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley and Lafayette that is supported by a grant from the Wachovia Regional Foundation. Its goal is to forge a more creative, healthful, and connected community through programs for lower-income residents that support children and families, affordable housing and counseling, neighborhood building, and economic development.