Health-promoting ideas from Near West Side could win up to $5,000 | syracuse.com A nonprofit crowd-sourcing group is offering matching grants of up to $5,000 to anyone with a good idea for making the Near West Side of Syracuse a healthier place.

ioby, for short is soliciting proposals from individuals, neighborhood groups or anyone else for projects to help Near West Side residents to be healthy and active.

The Near West Side, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Syracuse, is one of nine areas across the state targeted by ioby’s “Healthy Neighborhoods Challenge.”

Funded by the New York State Health Foundation, ioby has a total of $100,000 to distribute in the competition and plans to fund about 50 projects statewide.

The Near West Side is one of six neighborhoods in the state that have received funding through the “healthy neighborhoods fund” established by the NYS Health Foundation, an independent philanthropy.

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