Comments on: Re-greening Detroit? http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/re-greening-detroit/ Entomology. Gardening. Ranting. Nerdery. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Read this « Bug Girl’s Blog http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/re-greening-detroit/#comment-20971 Read this « Bug Girl’s Blog Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:28:16 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=2314#comment-20971 [...] Re-Greening Detroit This entry was written by Bug Girl and posted on April 13, 2009 at 2:26 am and filed under Gardening with tags decay, detroit, hope, michigan. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « LOL book review [...] [...] Re-Greening Detroit This entry was written by Bug Girl and posted on April 13, 2009 at 2:26 am and filed under Gardening with tags decay, detroit, hope, michigan. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « LOL book review [...]

]]> By: Dave http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/re-greening-detroit/#comment-19967 Dave Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:12:40 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=2314#comment-19967 I think there was a piece in Wired magazine about this topic? I think there was a piece in Wired magazine about this topic?

]]> By: Bug Girl http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/re-greening-detroit/#comment-19960 Bug Girl Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:50:32 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=2314#comment-19960 I stay as far away from Twitter as possible, so not sure about the tag. Nice collection of resources, though! Given my tendencies toward online time-wasting, twitter seems like a bad idea for me :) I stay as far away from Twitter as possible, so not sure about the tag. Nice collection of resources, though!

Given my tendencies toward online time-wasting, twitter seems like a bad idea for me :)

]]> By: powerweirdo http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/re-greening-detroit/#comment-19959 powerweirdo Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:37:21 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=2314#comment-19959 There's a lot of people working on this lately -- here's a Virginia-based blog that's running a list of resources for rebuilding/regreening Detroit: http://autonomywotears.blogspot.com/2009/01/d09-detroit-09-resource-list.html Also, there's been a running conversaion on Twitter with the hash tag #d09 -- no clue if that's relevant to you or not. Zoning laws and building codes will be a problem -- we need to work with city hall to relax reguations and encourage innovation. There’s a lot of people working on this lately — here’s a Virginia-based blog that’s running a list of resources for rebuilding/regreening Detroit:

http://autonomywotears.blogspot.com/2009/01/d09-detroit-09-resource-list.html

Also, there’s been a running conversaion on Twitter with the hash tag #d09 — no clue if that’s relevant to you or not.

Zoning laws and building codes will be a problem — we need to work with city hall to relax reguations and encourage innovation.

]]> By: Jean http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/re-greening-detroit/#comment-19928 Jean Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:31:53 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=2314#comment-19928 My first post here. One of the challenges is going to be moving people from the emptying neighborhoods. This has been discussed for some years because there are neighborhoods in which most of the buildings are vacant or filled with squatters, but some legal residents remain. Consolidating the population would help the city budget. Road crews, snowplows, police patrols, utility workers, etc. have to cover a huge area. BTW urban agriculture has been a growing trend in Detroit. (pun intended). The Detroit Agriculture Network, the Greening of Detroit, and several other groups have been turning vacant land into sustenance gardens for locals. I believe the ball really got rolling with the Capuchin Soup Kitchen's Earth Works Garden. There's a story about that here, just FYI: http://www.cskdetroit.org/EWG/news.cfm -Jean My first post here.

One of the challenges is going to be moving people from the emptying neighborhoods. This has been discussed for some years because there are neighborhoods in which most of the buildings are vacant or filled with squatters, but some legal residents remain. Consolidating the population would help the city budget. Road crews, snowplows, police patrols, utility workers, etc. have to cover a huge area.

BTW urban agriculture has been a growing trend in Detroit. (pun intended). The Detroit Agriculture Network, the Greening of Detroit, and several other groups have been turning vacant land into sustenance gardens for locals.

I believe the ball really got rolling with the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earth Works Garden. There’s a story about that here, just FYI:

http://www.cskdetroit.org/EWG/news.cfm

-Jean

]]> By: Mimi http://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/re-greening-detroit/#comment-19926 Mimi Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:07:18 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=2314#comment-19926 I think this is a great idea! It's different, but it just might work out. I hope they get the opportunity to do this. I think this is a great idea! It’s different, but it just might work out. I hope they get the opportunity to do this.

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