From teaching youth aerial photography to park revitalization, four Trenton creatives have launched community projects with $10,000 in grant funds.

Isles , a Trenton-based social justice organization founded in 1981, awarded its Creek to Canal Creative (C2C) district Trenton Creative Network grant in May to fund artists’ community projects in Trenton’s downtown Creek to Canal district.

Trentonians Joseph Deacon, Raven George, Habiyb Shu’Aib, and Phillip McConnell each received $2,500 of the $10,000 grant.

“I am proud that we can do it in this current political and economic climate and strongly believe in the projects that were selected,” said Tyquan Benton, a special projects manager at Isles. “They are all aligned with Isles’ and C2C’s mission and goals, and they all provide educa

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