Experts and community builders fighting vacancy and restoring neighborhoods in ºüÀêÊÓƵ and Baltimore will be at the Missouri History Museum this weekend for a free conference on efforts to mitigate the effects of abandonment in those cities.
The conference, , will be hosted Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Missouri History Museum in collaboration with the Missouri Humanities Council.Ìý
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Members of the will discuss efforts to get a handle on the problem. On Saturday Chris Henson, of the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, will discuss that organization's efforts to rehab vacant houses in Gravois Park for artists.
Baltimore suffers from many of the same effects caused by vacancy, and Nneka N’namdi, of Fight Blight Bmore, will discuss that city's efforts to combat the problem.
On Sunday, the schedule includes a workshop on urban farming with James Forbes of Good Life Growing and a nuisance abatement workshop with Peter Hoffman of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.Ìý
For a full schedule, go to .Ìý