It's the first round of a pilot project that councillor John Mackenzie came up with, and he tells CHSJ News that so many lots in the city, particularly in the North end where vacant buildings have been torn down or burnt down, are just left the way they are. And that this project is a way to beautify the area.
He tells us at first, the reception from city staff was lukewarm because they thought it would be too expensive and high maintenance. But MacKenzie says after they started researching ways to implement the project, they decided it would be a worthwhile venture.
They'll be using a slow-growing grass seed on the lots, and the cost to put those seeds and topsoil down depends on the size, but each one will run between one to two thousand dollars on average.
