We’ve been talking this morning about the many ways in which abandoned houses and vacant lots can debilitate neighborhoods and affect people’s health. The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, lovingly known as BOPA, and Baltimore City’s Growing Green Initiative are enlisting artists to help alleviate the deleterious effects of blighted areas.
They've started a new program called Lots Alive. Maggie Villegas is a Public Art Project Specialist at BOPA and Jenny Guillaume is with the Department of Planning’s Sustainability Office. They joined Tom in the studio to talk about this.