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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | GREEN GODDESS JUNE 7, 2011  This Land Is Your Land The farmer's markets that populate a city during the season are expanding but the vendors are not. Our suburban sprawl thanks to the unreal costs of housing in urban centers and the building boom has removed much farm able land that once was adjacent to our cities. reprint an Article from the American Prospect on the declining availability of land for our new urban farmers. | GREEN GODDESS APRIL 11, 2011  The Grapes of Wrath As we hear the destruction of many of our once urban hubs - Detroit, Cleveland come to mind - we believe that the entire cities are now destitute and those who live there either too poor or too stupid to leave. Much of this is of course racial with Detroit being America's most segregated city. Cleveland and Detroit are losing population fast – so they're in decline. | | | | | |
| GREEN GODDESS JULY 9, 2009 Stimulate This!!! Today the New York Times found that this is just the case with many projects going unfunded and others simply not making any sense in relation to dollars and jobs in many states. Not shocking given our Mayor's disengagement from the larger picture outside the City of Seattle. Cities have been relying on property taxes booming during the last few years but with declining values, foreclosures and people simply losing work or wages who will request re-evaluation of their property assessments. said his city “did pretty terrible” when it came to getting money. | |
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