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Black History Spotlight Congressman Cummings Scholar “LeKensha Allen”
LeKensha Allen, a proud alumni of the Congressman Cummings Upton Fellowship sponsored by Wells Fargo. LeKensha graduated from The Morgan State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance, LeKensha worked with the Upton Planning Committee supporting the Historic Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street Program. She was tasked with developing the operations manual and finance [...]
Black History Makers Spotlight: DeJuan Hicks
Historic Upton would like to kick off Black History Month by celebrating some of our own. Our rich community is full of brilliant minds that are poised to make a change the world. As we kick off Black History Month 2022, meet one of our homegrown History Makers: DeJuan Hicks a proud alumni of our [...]
NUPA/Upton West Green Space Improvement Ground Breaking Ceremony
Upton Planning Committee and The UPC Westside CDC broke ground on a project to rehabilitate 41 vacant lots in the Upton community. These lots will provide six manicured green spaces surrounding the 800 blocks of Harlem and Edmondson Avenue in Upton’s NUPA/Upton West Neighborhoods. “This project is the fruit of the UPC Westside CDC [...]
