Part of the money will pay for new streetlights on Central Avenue from 22nd Street north to 25th Street. Some nearby side streets also will get new lights. As for landscaping, the configuration of in-ground planters will be changed to allow more space on sidewalks for activities. The grant will also allow for one or more downtown parking lots to be plumbed for water and wired for electricity.
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Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.