Council realizes field of dreams for Kootenay area

Prince Rupert City Council has given the go ahead for the Kaien Anti Poverty Society to commence with a little urban farming on the western side of the city.

The Community Garden will take up an area 12 meters by 12 metre in the area around the old Kooteny Ball Fields, the Garden is but one phase of a three part development which will also see a picnic area and recreation space created on the site…

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 6055364833 )- 

I think we can file this one under the category “Doomed to Failure.”

Oh come on a little faith, at least give it to the end of the summer, at least they’re trying to get something done in a bit of land that looks rather desolate, though I don’t quite understand why they don’t play baseball there anymore, seems like a wee bit of a waste.

I hope they follow through on the plan and that it’s a success, though that first effort back up on the hills to Roosevelt certainly never came together as planned.