At 02:20 PM 10/14/2008 -0700, George Frantz wrote: >While I would love top see a central market downtown I'm not sure it would >be a workable, or good idea.......much deleted.....
and, again... >Finally, it should indeed be a publcily owned market. Parking garages >after all can be publicly owned and subsidized, so why not a central market? Humm..... Perhaps a new farmers' market should be held in one of the parking garages--like the top two floors of the new garage, the open roof level and the level below it. I have heard that it is an underutilized parking structure and perhaps this would be a good place to build permanent stalls. And it is owned by the City already. Another location might be the open space along the Six Mile Creek, behind the new buildings facing Green St. and east of the new parking garage? Maybe these types of locations would offer more flexibility and access to parking for those that need to drive in than the Commons? At the same time they would offer easy access to those that would walk or bike to the market. The downtown location would encourage walking and biking over driving for many. It certainly would for me. And I think this location would still draw traffic to the Commons which would be one of the economic advantages of a downtown Farmers' Market. Tom ****************************************** Tom Shelley 118 E. Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607 342-0864 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Compost Educator and Sustainability Scion* What Does Zero Waste Mean? "If it cant be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned, or removed from production." Berkeley Zero Waste Resolution See http://www.cityofberkeley.info/council8/newsletter.pdf *noun: a shoot or bud of a plant, esp. one for planting or grafting _______________________________________________ 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
