A message from Sophia Feller of the WWNP:
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Dear West Wardians ,
The attached poster is for a workshop that will be conducted on Tuesday, Dec 8 and Tuesday, Dec 15 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Easton Area Community Center
The workshops are open to any that wish to attend and there is no fee for attending. Child care and food will be provided.
Sophia Feller
Administrative Assistant
West Ward Neighborhood Partnership
610.515.0891 ext. 4200
SFeller@caclv.org
West Ward Neighborhood Partnership
610.515.0891 ext. 4200
SFeller@caclv.org
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This is the first time I have ever noticed child care provided for WW parents who may want to attend a community meeting, so I applaud the WWNP for taking this step in community engagement!
Yours,
Noel Jones
Neighbors of Easton
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5 comments:
We have a huge cistern that the roof downspouts emptied into, with an antique handpump. They probably would have used that rainwater for all sorts of things, including gardening. Now it's just an ornament, but maybe we'll restore its functionality? Thanks for the info!
I think we have an abandoned cistern in our basement, but I don't know how to be sure--a big hole with a large marble table top slid over it...I would love to go back to using the cisterns if it's possible, I just don't know how to find out--maybe the workshop will help.
I do believe the City of Easton makes a concerted effort to make people get rid of their cisterns.
yes, but why? why can't we collect rain water and use it now?
Noel,
The city has many policies that make no logical sense but are abided by because it is easier than setting new ones. It is part of our job to acknowledge them and come up with desired changes. I haven't seen a lot of progressive legislation from council in my decade of activism.
Most things - like the zoning rewrite and the rental licensing law - were initiated and prepared by citizens, then deposited on council's desks for a vote. I'm not trying to be ultra-critical...it's just my honest perception of such matters over time.
Classic example: the city came up with an anti-animal ordinance to keep people from raising chickens in their yards. This came out of the complaint of a vocal but very small minority that didn't like the social stigma of living next to "urban farmers". At the same time that Easton was banning some livestock (chickens, etc.) other forward thinking cities around the country were passing laws specifically encouraging the exact opposite.
We will need to include agricultural uses in the city as our food production, economic and transportation systems suffer under peak oil conditions.
A "sustainable Easton" will need to be carefully defined and new ways of thinking implimented if we want to be a place people choose to live in the future.
DRL
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