Sentence examples for turned vacant from inspiring English sources

Squatters and homesteaders, including Councilwoman Lopez and Chairwoman Vaughn, turned vacant buildings into homes.

I had just returned from visiting a civil society project which turned vacant lots into landscaped public space.

Spaceus Spaceus turns vacant and underused buildings into community workspaces.

A project from Cleveland to turn vacant lots into literary spaces inspired by children's books.

He has promoted turning vacant luxury condominiums in his district into affordable housing.

But when they are asked for details about the restaurant and its ownership, their faces turn vacant.

More than two decades ago, New York City gave community groups temporary permission to turn vacant city property into gardens.

5. Local municipalities should use all options at their disposal to facilitate the goal of turning vacant, foreclosed homes into affordable housing.

As long as she could, she continued working, teaching neighborhood people how to turn vacant and often unsightly plots of land into flower and vegetable gardens.

In 1992, she co-founded Detroit Summer, a youth program that still draws volunteers from all over the country to repair homes, paint murals, organize music festivals and turn vacant lots into community gardens.

Yet, in some ways, the art settlers may be more socially significant than the chain stores: art is the gilded arrow of capitalism, promising to turn vacant lots into gold.