How some are making Baltimore cleaner and greener,...

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The vacant lot at in the middle of the block was so trashed with debris, old furniture and drug paraphernalia that many in Harlem Park who passed by it each day became numb to its decay. Except for Angela and Anthony Francis. They are part of a new grassroots movement to convert blight to green space. Their nonprofit, Urban United Roots, aided by the Parks and People Foundation, is focused today on converting the city-owned former vacant lot on W. Lanvale St. adjacent to Harlem Heights Elementary-Middle…