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âI feel like I gave birth,â says Yorty, who has a 3-year-old son. âFrom the conception of the project, it was so much work that I didnât know was going to happen or hadnât considered.â
In 2018, Yorty and neighbor Erin Myers started a grant application for Lancasterâs Love Your Block program, aimed at revitalizing the Garden in the Light.
Yorty and Myers used a goal sheet to list ideas such as building a shed, creating wheelchair-accessible flower beds and new seating. Among those ideas, but listed much further down, was creating a mural to overlook the garden.