The Macon Housing Authority for developing and implementing the Youth Empowerment Garden Project, which provided an opportunity for public housing youth to receive training in soil sampling and improvement, planting, and general education about various fruits and vegetables that are indigenous to southeast Missouri. It also provided an opportunity for public housing youth to develop new skills, such as gardening, woodworking, networking, marketing, and fiscal accountability.

Pictured (from left to right): Roy E. Pierce, Director of HUD St. Louis Field Office; Mollie Gilliand, MHA Executive Director; Vickie Harris, MHA Assistant Director; Carla Terry, MHA Resident Relations; and Anita Gibson, Public Housing Revitalization Specialist, HUD St. Louis Field Office.

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