CNN Hero of the Year Turns Vacant Lots on Chicago’s South Side into Flower Farms Hope and opportunity are blossoming on the South Side of Chicago where a man and his wife have used flowers to help poor communities turn over a new leaf. Running two nonprofits, Southside Blooms and Chicago Eco House, Quilen Blackwell and his wife Hannah Bonham are helping at-risk youth find opportunity while simultaneously cutting into […] The post CNN Hero of the Year Turns Vacant Lots on Chicago’s South Side into Flower Farms appeared first on Good News Network.

CNN Hero of the Year Turns Vacant Lots on Chicago’s South Side into Flower Farms: Hope and opportunity are blossoming on the South Side of Chicago where a man and his wife have used flowers to help poor… @goodnewsnetwork.org #CNNHero #SouthsideBlooms #FlowerFarms #CommunityService #SocialImpact

Today the group has six off-the-grid farms around the city growing everything from amaranth to zinnias. Rainwater harvesting systems collect water from the roofs of nearby homes while solar panels power the irrigation system. Chemical fertilizers, insecticides and fungicides are never used. #CNNHero

Flowers bring beauty, life, and opportunity to one Chicago neighborhood | CNN In Chicago, CNN Hero Quilen Blackwell and Southside Blooms turn vacant lots into flower farms, employing 25 local young people to grow, harvest, arrange, and sell flowers at the group’s nonprofit flow...

Here's a genuine award: Southside Blooms, a Chicago flower farm, and Quilen Blackwell.
I toured this farm last summer, the young employees were genuinely enthusiastic and engaged. #Chicago #CNNHero

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Yasmine Arrington Brooks @yazziespeaks.bsky.social (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) has two new, self-published books out now!

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...words to encourage them & system to make them our change-agent (unless, others tell us about them)! True in politics too! 2/2 #CNNHero

We don't lack heroes! We lack the quality to recognize them; heart to accept their contributions; guts to support their deeds.. 1/2 #CNNHero

Follow #CNNHero of the Year 2012 Pushpa Basnet on Twitter: @inmateschildren :-) Congratulate her! Salute her! Get inspired to do something!

Basnet named CNN Hero of the Year | CNN Pushpa Basnet was named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night.

Congratulations! Pushpa Basnet of Nepal named CNN Hero of the Year #CNNHero

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