Guest Column: A new approach to combat blighted, vacant lots
Theo Davies
Theo Davies is Farm Manager of Green Leaf Learning Farm, a program of Knowledge Quest whose mission is to vigorously equip youth and their families to maximize their potential through education, wellness and economic stability.
“If we adopted a new approach to vacant land, we could actually reduce the amount of work that is required — and money that is spent — by our city as it intervenes and attempts to maintain health and safety at abandoned land.”
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