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Jay Center Awarded Grant for its Glorious Gardens

The Jay Heritage Center has received a $500,000 grant for the restoration of the historic Jay Gardens.

The Jay Heritage Center has received a $500,000 grant for the restoration of the historic Jay Gardens. The grant is part of Governor Cuomo’s $82.8 million Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Initiative recently announced by the governor and The Business Council of Westchester. The Mid-Hudson Region was given the highest amount of the ten regional councils in a competitive funding process.

Jay Heritage Center’s funding will be use to rehabilitate 1.5 acres of centuries-old stone walls, rebuild the 100-foot-long arbor, and replant native trees, shrubs, herbs, and flowers.

 

 

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