Westfield City Council approved a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area for a section of the city.
INDIANAPOLIS — There's a unique project underway in Indianapolis that's meant to get people talking about gun violence and mobilize people to help stop the loss of life.A local artist is using surrendered firearms to create works of art and forge peace.Now, inside his fabrication studio on on the east side of Indianapolis, the materials and message for his latest project have an especially important purpose."I hope it has the opportunity to make an impact, a statement.
This project is through the Marion County Youth Violence Prevention Coalition, and it comes at a time when firearms are the leading cause of death of kids in our country, when youth gun violence in Indianapolis is high."They have a 'guns to gardens' program across the country. It's based on that verse in the Bible about turning swords into plowshares," McCracken said."They bring in firearms, and they turn them into garden tools.
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