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Innovation joy in New Kensington
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Andrew Russell | Tribune-Review
Artist Olena Abakumova of Greenfield paints on a canvas during the Pallet Jam for the New Kensington Corridor of Innovation Art & Music Festival, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. The Pallet Jam allowed six local artists to paint on canvases for 20 minutes and then rotate to the next canvas, allowing for six unique works that combine contributions from all the artists.
Everyone likes a festival, so it was no surprise that the one showcasing New Kensington’s Corridor of Innovation along Fifth Avenue was a success. But the basis of that festival was the most important thing: local people celebrating the successful collaboration of business, education and local government to reclaim five blocks of once desolate urban blight. It’s proof that urban renewal doesn’t begin with bulldozers but with the ideas and passions of hometown folk with a common dream. Add a sense of cooperation and you get the Corridor of Innovation. Here’s to hoping that attitude is contagious.
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