MOHAWK VALLEY — The Mohawk Valley Economic Development District (MVEDD), in partnership with a local seamstress, Lori Smith, the Kirkland Town Library and Grow Amsterdam NY, has been awarded a grant from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute to host a series of educational community “Homesteader Workshops.”

The state Department of Environmental Conservation selected the local project as one of 12 projects from across the state to focus on community-based pollution prevention strategies.