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The mission of UFG’s MakerSpace The Urban Farming Guys are more Than just “Big Thinkers” we are “Big Doers.” We are a 501(c)(3) with a vision to launch a shared community “MakerSpace” committed to raising up a multitude of innovators, cultivators and pioneers in the urban core of Kansas City. We have already planted a Two Million Dollar Seed at 3700 E 12th st, the heart of Kansas City's East Side. This historic 20K Square ft. building was once the hustle and bustle of the Lykins economic…

necessary, and also what it really was like to live in the city areas in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an immigrant. Photojournalist and news reporter, Riis, was one of the earliest social reformers to use his own work to educate to the people the effects that industrialization had on the immigrants of the United States. In the late eighteenth century roughly about 90 percent of the U.S population lived in country like areas. Along with industrialization came…

A Beautiful Community Lacombe is a truly beautiful town, with kind, welcoming people who show outstanding amounts of citizenship. However, as with any large community, it has some things I believe we could make even more exceptional. For example; the county of Lacombe has some lacking. The roads in winter are left unplowed and unattended. Police aren't as vigilant in the hamlets and small villages as they could be. The city and the country hardly interact, if only for social events, or school. I…

accurate to a large extent, upon further research I discovered that the area consisted of a far greater variety of elements. For instance, due to deindustrialization, the area is currently in a state of transformation from heavy industry, such as steel and gravel production, to advanced technology and green enterprise. In addition, the land use in the region is far more versatile than my first impression indicated, and the area does not only serve as a place of employment but it is also the a…

bakery that is close in the next town over that is really known that will be my competition. It seems to me that opening a store that pertains to food is a good choice because it seems like going out to eat is the main spending habit residents in this area have. (Quick…

For this week’s readings, I am going to focus on the issue of growth in cities and what I found interesting in Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. According to the reading on The City as a Growth Machine by Logan Molotch, “one issue consistently generates consensus among local elite groups and separates them from people who use the city principally as a place to live and work: the issue of growth.” Meaning that the local elites in these cities are divided from…

In the documentary Megacities Reflect Growing Urbanization Trend it tells of the growing trends of migrants to major cities for a better life and even though most migrants move to city slums, the slums offer a better life than the home they left behind. They are many social issues that people face as the city slums grows in size such as over crowed population, lack of housing, polluted water, lack of electricity and food. Although the wealthy are affected by the over crowed population and…

geographically clustered in areas where there is land for development and/or in neighbourhoods with low socioeconomic status. (11, 23) Due to urbanisation and the increasing population in urban areas, urban housing has become unaffordable to many due to increased interests in the urban property market. Therefore, many households relocated to affordable areas, primarily neighbourhoods with low socioeconomic status, or to social housing complexes and these are often situated outside of urban areas…

3- ANTIRACIST URBAN APPROACHES: Solutions Brought About to Overcome Urban Racism Urban planning is an interdisciplinary branch that deals with not only spatial issues but also social sciences and effects of social concerns on cities and urban life. One of the main purposes of planning is to provide and sustain the continuity and communication between the land and the communities. On the contrary, today’s political structure forces communities to do each other dirt. Segregation policies such as…

Across the globe, we have different unique cities that bring out the best of culture, tradition combined with modernity, a state of class buildings and with huge commercial activity. Many cities are very modern with technological advancements and they spell class and wonder to the eyes of the beholder. Adelaide, Australia It is a beautiful capital city of South Australia and is often referred to as the green city. The numerous parks and boulevards of Adelaide make it a perfect green place to…