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News & ArtsMonday, June 28, 2010
City Right to the City
Posted by Charles Mudede on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:14 AM
An email from a friend, Ashley Genevieve:
About 10 people got together this morning for a Take Over of local cap hill empty lots by laying out sod in suggestion for a PARK rather than building or parking lot.
- Ashley Genevieve
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Sod murderer!
Kidding. But Charles, in light of your earlier post about the closure of 77 parks in Detroit and the fact that parks and rec funding are often among the first casualties in economic downturns, what do you think is the likely effect of such activism at the present time?
Kidding. But Charles, in light of your earlier post about the closure of 77 parks in Detroit and the fact that parks and rec funding are often among the first casualties in economic downturns, what do you think is the likely effect of such activism at the present time?
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Oh man, this would be a PERFECT place for a Hawthorne Pod-style endeavor. It's way too much to hope for, but a girl can dream.
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So long as we're unable to fund the Billionaires' Tunnel, none of these parks will be built or maintained.
Consequences ...
Consequences ...
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Atta girl, Ashley!
Confidential to 5280: what is the matter with you?! Parks versus parking lots! I now have an image of you as a grumpy old man who eats asphalt while receiving a daily IV whiskey infusion, all the while waving his cane in the air and shouting about the second amendment. And wearing a cowboy hat.
Goodness!
Confidential to 5280: what is the matter with you?! Parks versus parking lots! I now have an image of you as a grumpy old man who eats asphalt while receiving a daily IV whiskey infusion, all the while waving his cane in the air and shouting about the second amendment. And wearing a cowboy hat.
Goodness!
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OK, land prices are down and it would be a good time to buy.
BUT Parks can't afford to maintain what it has now (talk of closing down community centers for the summer). The LAST thing we need is more parks that we can't afford to maintain! Particularly if we spend more money (that we don't have) that MIGHT go to maintaining what we do have!
BUT Parks can't afford to maintain what it has now (talk of closing down community centers for the summer). The LAST thing we need is more parks that we can't afford to maintain! Particularly if we spend more money (that we don't have) that MIGHT go to maintaining what we do have!
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I wonder if any of you know the kind of money and exorbitant use of chemical that goes into making sod....It is truly terrifying.
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