By Gabriela Rico Arizona Daily Star Jul 22, 2017

For more than so years, Willie Blake lamented that he had to leave his own neighborhood to buy his groceries. The head of the Western Hills Neighborhood Association, on South Park Avenue, near Interstate 10, also worried about the area’s youngsters and the lack of activities for them.

When Blake, the business representative for Teamsters Union Local 104, retired in 2000, he joined the Kina Weed & Seed Project, an effort to rid the neighborhood of crime and identify economic opportunities. Continue reading “Local Neighbors help develop vacant eyesore into Tuscan Marketplace” →