Bath Beach gets a Love My Block grant
Sonia Valentin loves her block – and it shows.
The Bath Beach resident and Community Board 11 member decided toapply for the Love My Block grant award, sponsored by the CitizensCommittee of New York City, when a representative announced theprogram at a recent community board meeting.
Out of 200 applications, only 50 grants of $1,000 were awardedand Valentin’s effort snagged one of them. I was just overwhelmed- I never applied for a grant for neighborhood activities, sherecalled. I was pretty bowled over. I threw my hands up in the airand said Yes!’