Growth Through Energy & Community Health (GTECH) is close to winning $50,000 through the
Pepsi Refresh Project, a competition that awards grants based on online votes.
GTECH is a social enterprise, spun out from research at CMU in 2007, that transitions vacant land into platforms for community revitalization. GTECH does this by growing sunflowers on vacant land to cultivate the local green economy and create a model for community renewal.
Funds from the Refresh Project would be invested to reclaim multiple acres of vacant land in Pittsburgh and New Orleans serving as seed investments in ongoing community revitalization efforts informing GTECH's development of a national model.
GTECH is currently ranked number 11 for a $50,000 grant. The top ten ideas will receive funding.
Click here to vote for GTECH in the Pepsi Refresh Project.
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