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The greening of Lawrence

$2.6m grant will help clean Spicket River, create riverside path and chain of city parks

Art McCabe, Lawrence’s Community Development Department manager, in a lot at Spruce and Myrtle streets that will become a community garden. Art McCabe, Lawrence’s Community Development Department manager, in a lot at Spruce and Myrtle streets that will become a community garden. (Photos By Barry Chin/Globe Staff)
By David Rattigan
Globe Correspondent / July 22, 2010

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A little more than a year ago, the land behind La Fruiteria warehouse on Manchester Street in Lawrence was a brownfield site. Now it’s a playground. (Full article: 828 words)

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