Nonprofit groups who want to perform their own version of neighborhood clean-up and beautification have until Friday to apply for funding from the city's Love your Block grant program.

Projects selected by the program will receive a $1,000 Home Depot gift card and support from City departments.

Past projects have included a rain garden, a war memorial clean-up and pop-up cafe in a vacant store.

Grant applications can be found online here and will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday. And for more information, call 412-255-2280 or email [email protected].