This is just one of many construction and beautification projects carried out on Syracuse’s Southside and Near Westside neighborhoods during Block Blitz, an annual effort organized by the nonprofit housing agency Home HeadQuarters. In addition to planting flower beds, Near Westside volunteers repaired fences, took out weed trees, painted a mural on the Syracuse Police community “store front,” and more. To read more from the Syracuse Post-Standard, click here.