March 8, 2007

Economic gardening workshop

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Just got through with a workshop on economic gardening, an important and sophisticated set of strategies to support entrepreneurs. Chris Gibbons, who first set up this approach, guided our workshop in how econonic development services …

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March 26, 2007

Wind shifts in economic development

"There are two strategies you can take when creating jobs: hunting and gardening. With hunting, you go out of state or country, like the governor is doing right now, to create jobs. Gardening is where you stay in state and plant seeds …

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April 22, 2007

Beaverton starts economic gardening

Beaverton, OR is followig the strategy of economic gardening, launched over a decade ago by Chris Gibbons in Littleton, CO. You can learn more about Beaverton's pilot initiative here. You can learn more about Littleton's economic

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April 30, 2007

Event: lunchtime presentation on “Economic Gardening”

What: Burt Chojnowski’s talk, “Economic Gardening 2.0, Creating Green Acres Entrepreneurial Communities”. When: Today from noon to 1:30 pm. Where: Hangar Ballroom. Cost: $10 at the door, including lunch.

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April 26, 2007

Gardening projects and economics

Yet another article espousing the benefits of gardening to vulnerable people, in this case young people with learning difficulties - Growing into the role, in the SocietyGuardian newspaper. This article caught me eye because it looks at

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May 23, 2007

Pea Patch info in South Lake Union Neighborhood, Seattle

Through advocacy, leadership and partnerships, the Trust expands access to community gardening across economic, racial, ethnic, ability and gender lines. We promote organic gardening and build community by breaking urban isolation by

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March 20, 2007

Gardening!?

OK, this is a bit off-subject, but if any of you are home vegetable growers, you may be interested to visit my daughter's first (non-MySpace) blog, entitled Nome Grown (Naomi, nicknamed "Nome"!), chronicling the development of her …

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May 2, 2007

A Paradise Out of a Common Field: The Pleasures and Plenty of the …

Harper and Row, 1990: first of this edition: hardcover in dust jacket. 256 pages including index; b/w and colour illustrated. Synopsis: A detailed , illustrated history of the development of the Victorian Garden, emphasizing the

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February 19, 2007

Going wild in Ottawa

The city of Ottawa is encircled by a "greenbelt", an area of natural space protected from heavy development. It was intended to confine urban sprawl. But population growth simply leapt over, spawning homogeneous suburbs, which now ring …

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May 10, 2007

Green Garden Oasis

Tim and Leigh Needham moved to Carlsbad, Calif., after spending four very cold winters in Boston, Mass. Carlsbad is famous for its 50 acres of flower fields that bloom every spring, and despite all the growth and development in the area

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