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Our intention is to use the space in a way that is financially sustainable, environmentally sensitive and for the good of our community.
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I really dislike vacuous feel-good statements like this.
There's nothing particularly financially sustainable about demolishing a school and then turning it into a vegetable garden. It's also not particularly great environmentally to use valuable central land in the city for something like farming - what happens when you do this is that you spread everything out and people have to travel farther. I'm guessing the land's also not particularly great for agriculture, so suddenly they're buying and trucking in soil and fertilizer and so on.
Saying that something is "for the good of our community" is totally meaningless.