RALSTON — City leaders have announced a $7.5 million gift from the estate of an area piano teacher that will go toward revitalizing a downtown area near Ralston Arena. The donation from LaDonna Johnson, who died in 2016, will go to the Hinge project. The project's master plan, approved by the City Council last month, includes filling empty retail spaces and adding green spaces and urban housing options.

Johnson’s gift has already funded the project's master plan and several studies related to it and will allow the city to do things such as complete infrastructure improvements, acquire property and conduct streetscape work

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