A community seeks assistance for a renovation project that will replace a deteriorated and unsafe plaza with an attractive and welcoming one, in hopes it will engender a more positive sense of the neighborhood and offer a community gathering space for residents and visitors to the area.

As part of a broad-scale revitalization effort for the historic city of Pittston, including a goal to have more public art per square mile than any city in the country, city officials seek to complete an art academy, which will provide affordable work studios for artists as well as several classrooms for art instruction. The project will allow for long-term sustainable physical space and community programming opportunities for both accomplished and fledgling artists, and encourage inclusive, diverse community engagement.