Oral History excerpt: Creative placemaking and urban farming

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Date
2020-01-14
Main contributor
Ledbetter, Andrea (narrator)
Summary
Andrea Ledbetter, co-founder of the Decay Devils, discusses the potential for urban farming around the Chase Street Spring. She says, "we're thinking about doing a lot of creative placemaking projects that deal with urban farming"; one such project being an apiary to bring more bees to the area and cultivate honey.   

This was one of a group of excerpts gathered under the subject heading of Use of the Spring Today for a digital and in-person exhibit of the Spring at Small Farms Oral Histories. The digital exhibit can be seen at https://iusbarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/spring-at-small-farms/home. 
Contributor
Westhues, Kay (interviewer)
Genre
Oral History
Subjects
Wildlife; Artesian wells; Urban agriculture; Food security; Apiaries
Locations
Chase Street (Gary, Indiana); Small Farms, Indiana; Gary, Indiana
Collection
Spring at Small Farms Oral Histories
Unit
IU South Bend Archives
Language
English
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