[CPEO-BIF] "Urban Farming -- A Practical Guide for Interim Use"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Urban Farming -- A Practical Guide for Interim Use

By Markus B. Niebanck
Brownfield Renewal
With no sign of an economic recovery anywhere on the horizon, the new- 
development and redevelopment real estate market promises to be flat  
for a long time. And when life is breathed back in, renewed vitality  
will occur first in the most obvious places: Locations where economic  
success is perceived as virtually guaranteed.

For property with known or suspected environmental contamination,  
particularly if this land is situated in lower income communities and  
neighborhoods not in or adjacent to areas with conventionally  
attractive economic attributes, the renaissance will not occur until  
the recovery is well under way.

While inner city urban communities are among those hardest hit by  
this recession, the future prospects for investment and development  
are not as bleak as in years past. A continued rise in the cost of  
energy will motivate a consequent increase in the utility of city- 
center dwelling, working and recreation, which in turn will bring  
redevelopment dollars and jobs to areas in greatest need. This said,  
immediate urban community struggles with crime, employment, and  
health aren’t lessened by the prospect of a transit-oriented  
development project that might break ground in 2020. But while the  
struggles aren’t diminished, its prospect may motivate interim  
community strategies that would not otherwise exist.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.brownfieldrenewal.com/news- 
urban_farming____a_practical_guide_for_interim_use_-166.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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