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We Need Your Help – Vote for Isles!
Vote for Isles’ Mill One Farm project in the Nature’s Path Gardens For Good Grant Contest!
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*Note: Once you register to vote, you can vote once a day until June 15.
The five submissions with the most votes will go before a selection committee, and two will win:A $10,000 grant to be used toward [...]
Marty and Liz Johnson will be Honored at The Passage Theatre Gala
Marty and Liz Johnson will be honored along side Trenton poet Doc Long at Passage Theatre’s annual gala on June 12 at the Masonic Temple (100 North Willow Street, Trenton, NJ).
The event will be a Harlem Rent Party featuring a five piece jazz ensemble (the Collection of Brothers), instructions in the Charleston and the Lindy [...]Princeton Varsity Club Releases 2010 Weapons of Mass Construction Video
On April 18th, over 130 members of the Princeton Athletics family spent the day working with the Princeton Varsity Club and Isles on the construction of a quarter-acre garden at Isles’ training center at 33 Tucker Street as part of “Weapons of Mass Construction.”
Isles and the Trenton Historic Development Collaborative Receive Grant from the Wachovia Regional Foundation
Isles, in partnership with the Trenton Historic Development Collaborative, received an $85,000 planning grant from the Wachovia Regional Foundation, to help create a comprehensive neighborhood plan for the Calhoun St. Corridor.
Click here to read The Times’ article.Trenton Spirit Walk was a Success!
On Saturday, May 1, over 515 people attended the Trenton Spirit Walk in Cadwalader Park. The attendance was the second largest since the Spirit Walk first started in 2006.
The focus of this year’s campaign was to combat childhood obesity, and to the right is a photo of Lascelles Stewart doing his part to support the [...]Saving the Planet a Practical Thing
“Urban renewal through energy-efficient development is a good way to help protect the environment locally and globally, according the Martin Johnson, president and founder of the Trenton-based nonprofit Isles, Inc.
‘The consensus is now pretty broad that the planet is in peril and saving the planet or doing anything about it is not a matter of [...]IYI Students Participate in the 2010 Trenton Litter March
Students from the Isles YouthBuild Institute had a great time participating in the 2010 City of Trenton Litter March. The Litter March is an annual event where volunteers clear debris and recyclable litter from neighborhoods throughout Trenton. This year, more than 1,000 volunteers participated.
In addition to the cleanup there is a high school essay contest, [...]Environmentalism Begins in the Cities
“If the goal of environmentalism is to preserve the planet, we need to expand our priorities beyond the suburbs to our inner cities. Marty Johnson, founder and president of the Trenton-based community development and environmental organization Isles, offers a different perspective on how New Jersey might reduce its carbon footprint.”
Click here to read the full [...]Princeton Area Alumni Association Don Hard Hats at Isles
On Saturday, April 17, Princeton Area Alumni Association (PA3) members, spouses, and children returned to Isles for their sixth volunteer event, and a day of mass deconstruction.
The assignment was to demolish the interior of Isles’ building at 57 North Johnston Avenue, which is 180,000 sq.ft. of warehouse and office space. PA3 volunteers pulled down drop [...]Isles’ Garden News Blog Updated
Click here to read the latest posting on Isles’ Garden News blog.