"I'm in love..."

So, a couple weeks ago I got an email from a person I don't know. This has been happening a lot since we've been online. I open the email and it's the County Executive's Assistant requesting a meeting. Well, okay. So, I meet with Joel Giambra and his Commissioner of Environment and Planning, Drew Eszak. I explain the farm, our goals and vision.

Joel: "I'm in love with this project."

Rod: "Great!"

Joel and Drew: "We will look for resources we can bring to this project."

Rod: "Great!"

And they all lived happily ever after. At least until Rod got sick while on vacation but that's another story.

Anyway, Queen City Farm's newest partner is the County of Erie and we're happy to have them on board. Commissioner Eszak mentioned two facts in our meeting that I did not know. We have the largest urban nature preserve in the country and the largest urban wind farm in the country is currently under construction right here. Why don't more people know about this? We need to make these things known and continue moving forward, pushing the envelope and taking advantage of our assets. Assets like wind, surplus land and surplus housing. These are assets that we have considered liabilities for far too long. Let's foster a paradigm shift and use our liabilities as assets.

Grace and peace.

Mark Your Calendars

Queen City Farm will be hosting its Groundbreaking Campaign Kickoff event on May 21, 2007 at 5:30 pm. The Kickoff is being sponsored by Greater Buffalo Savings Bank and will be held in their former Pierce-Arrow showroom branch at 2421 Main Street. Invitations will be sent out in the next few weeks. Contact me if you know people who would like to attend so that we can get an invitation out to them.

QCF Apparel

Want to support QCF but can't come up with 100 bucks? Check out our new Queen City Farm online store. All proceeds from purchases go directly to the QCF Groundbreaking Campaign. Products are still being added so don't forget to check back on a regular basis.

Peace

Internet Connections

Technology is making things happen in Buffalo according to the Buffalo News. The front page of todays paper brings attention to a couple that moved to Buffalo after looking at the photography site flickr. Turn to page two and learn about a humble school administrator with dreams of urban agriculture dancing in his head. Read the full article and stay tuned for an update on some exciting developments over the next couple days.

Grace and peace.