2 UES Greenmarkets Very Close
Posted by Noah Rosenblatt on April 12, 2006 at 9.12 AM
A: Thanks to Glenn over at The Oil Drum for attending another UES community meeting last night and providing me with this update on the 2 planned greenmarkets for the UES in which Eli Zabar is the lead opposition!
According to Glenn:
It was quite the scene tonight at the Community board meeting - many colorful characters, including Eli Zabar turned out. The upshot is that we may have two new greenmarkets on both ends of East 82nd Street.
According to his post:
Regular readers know that I've been agitating to bring more locally grown food to my neighborhood for quite some time. This is because locally grown food consumes a lot less (about 25% less) fossil fuels than factory farm, industrial agriculture from long distances. This will be important as energy prices increase in preserving local farmland and decreasing the lines of supply for our food. Well, that dream just got one step closer to becoming a reality tonight: The Streetfair committee of Community Board 8 voted in favor of both locations - PS 6 (82nd bet Madison & Park) AND St. Stephen's church (82nd bet 1st & York).The final vote by the Full Community Board will be next week on April 19th at 6:30pm at Chapel of the Good Shepher Church, 543 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, The Community Room. It should be interesting!
Greenmarkets are always good for the neighborhood in my eyes and to hear Glenn discuss the relation of locally grown food to efficient energy use is an extra bonus given my concerns over energy prices these days. Lets see what happens at the final vote next week as it was noted that the ultimate locations of these 2 greenmarkets may be changed.
~ Upper East Greenmarkets Very, Very, Close
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