GARY: further good exchanges from Sustainable Tompkins members, apprpros of your leadership with downtown development -
this might be an interesting group to add to your community conversations list about the future of downtown - Patricia [fo ST: Gary is the exec dir of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance] --- On Sat, 10/11/08, Jon Bosak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jon Bosak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] Local, collaborative farming > To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv" > <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 9:58 PM > A central market (in Spanish, mercado central) is a standard > feature of many Latin American cities and was, I believe, > equally > common in Europe before the twentieth century. It's a > very sound > traditional model. > > The City of Ithaca is currently discussing ways to remake > the > Commons. It could certainly do worse than turn it into a > permanent open-air market. It's probably one of the > less > expensive options, too. > > Jon > > Jan Quarles wrote: > > I'm envisioning the Ithaca Commons like Haymarket > Square in Boston, or the > > center of most little European villages: full of truck > farmers selling > > produce, cheeses and other local foods on certain > evenings. Going on foot is > > (1) healthier for the pedestrians; (2) buying direct > is better for the > > farmers; (3) interactions happen when we're not > isolated in our cars, and > > these interactions add 'synergy' to the local > economy; (4) reduces car > > traffic; (5) encourages more folks to rent apartments > on The Commons; and > > (6) all these factors encourage local businesses to > lease commercial spaces > > there. So why wouldn't the City/County invest in > that scenario, when it's > > win-win times 3? > > > > Jan Quarles > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Simon St.Laurent" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] Local, > collaborative farming > > > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> To continue George's line of thought: > >>> > >>> Why don't the governments of Ithaca and > Tompkins County build and run > >>> farmers markets? It is shameful that the city > extracts rent from Ithaca > >>> Farmers Market for the use of public property, > and made us build and > >>> maintain our own structure and grounds, costs > that made the overhead > >>> prohibitive for many farmers to sell at the > market. To help defray these > >>> costs we were forced to bring more money in by > turning the market into a > >>> fast food and arts and crafts touristic > mini-mall. > >> There was talk a few years ago (2001?) about > having the Town of Dryden > >> set up a Farmers Market in Varna. I'll see > where that went. > >> > >> (Dryden does at least have farmstands around, but > there's certainly more > >> possible.) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Simon St.Laurent > >> http://simonstl.com/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> For more information about sustainability in the > Tompkins County area, > >> please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >> > >> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv > information for: > >> [email protected] > >> > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > >> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1719 - > Release Date: 10/10/2008 > >> 4:08 PM > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information about sustainability in the > Tompkins County area, please visit: > http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information > for: > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins > County area, please visit: > http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
