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Flint for the Weekend

Headed to Flint today for some reporting related to my book project with the University of California Press. I'll be posting with my phone, so please excuse any misspellings, design disasters and various other miscues that will probably ensue.


Anything exciting happening this weekend I should know about?

Flint Artifacts: 1986 Michigan License Plate

The Gardens of Illinois Avenue

Here's a great idea to help the East Side, but it needs your vote to secure funding. And today's the last day to vote.

So vote here.

Now that we've got that taken care of, here's a description of the project from the Peace Mob Gardens Facebook page.

We have adopted a city block where every home has been burnt down, and would like to develop it into an orchard. The perimeter of the 4 acre parcel will be surrounded with a living fence of Grape Vines. Inside will be planted with various fruit trees that will be trained into giant Peace signs. 

Funds will be used to level the land, purchase supplies for forms for the "Peace Trees", living fence, and pathways. Remaining funds will purchase as many fruit trees, and supplies to grow vines as possible. If there is extra we will build raspberry, strawberry, and other fruit beds.

This project would be as a continuation of a project that already consists of a Community Garden currently feeding people and helping to build community in a long neglected portion of Flint Michigan's east side. In addition to providing food and a sense of community our community garden and related projects are also used to help demonstrate sustainable methods of urban living and teach science and environmental awareness to inner city youth.

Flint's problems can seem overwhelming, but small projects like this one can make a difference. No, this won't transform Flint's economy, but it's a start toward something better.

General Motors Parking Lot

During a five block walk to a friend's house in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood I spotted a surprisingly wide variety of vintage G.M. cars  

Dream Cars: Chevy Impala

Another General Motors gem on the streets of San Francisco.

Dream Cars: Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Spotted on the streets of San Francisco.