The City of Independence announced public input meetings on the city’s public transit system. The meetings will be Thursday, September 4 from 3 PM to 5 PM, and Saturday, September 6, from 10 AM to noon. The meetings will be held in Conference Room D on the lower level of City Hall.
I plan to attend [...]
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Independence to discuss public transit
Posted in bicycle friendly, cost of fuel, municipal services, neighborhood, transportation policy, urban renewal, vision, tagged bicycle friendly, bicycling, public transit, traditional neighborhood design, urban renewal, walkability, walking on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Procter Neighborhood gets new website
Posted in Procter neighborhood, neighborhood on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the recycling project has grown, I’ve come to realize that the neighborhood as a whole could use an online presence to help us communicate and stay organized. So today I’ve launched the Procter Neighborhood website.
The Procter Neighborhood site is dedicated to supporting residents and spotlighting the wonderful neighborhood we have. The new site [...]
Support alternative transportation
Posted in all politics is local, bicycle friendly, cost of fuel, economy, energy policy, neighborhood, transportation policy, urban renewal, vision, tagged bicycling, transportation, transportation policy, walking, walkscore on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WalkScore.com is teaming up with Transportation for America to gather an online petition to support alternative transportation in the 2009 Transportation bill in Congress.
Transportation for America has a strong vision for national transportation policy: build world-class rail-based mass transit, repair and maintain the highways and bridges we have, and improve our health by [...]
We have a glass recycler!
Posted in Procter neighborhood, karma offset, municipal services, neighborhood, recycling, tagged environment, glass recycling, karma offset, municipal services, neighborhood, neighborhood recycling, Procter neighborhood, recycling on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[Update: Check out the Procter Neighborhood Website for the latest on Procter Recycles.]
Great news, Procter Neighborhood! Bridging the Gap can accept our glass.
Here’s what they require:
Rinse… No dishes of any kind including wine glasses, plates, Pyrex, etc. No flower vases, light bulbs or flat panes of glass. No opaque colored glass.
Pretty simple.
Phase 2: Let’s convince [...]
The Power of Community
Posted in Procter neighborhood, neighborhood, vision, tagged neighborhood, Procter neighborhood on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past week I’ve come to a realization: I can sit at my computer and blog about all sorts of ideas to make ours a better community, or I can get out and make a difference.
In keeping with that realization, I’ve updated my blog’s subtitle from “A critical, yet loving examination of Independence, MO” [...]
Brush Drop-Off Co-op?
Posted in Procter neighborhood, karma offset, municipal services, neighborhood, tagged karma offset, municipal services, neighborhood, Procter neighborhood on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the reasons I bought a truck was so I could easily take brush to the brush drop-off. Brush is $10 per load, on the second Saturday of the month. I don’t usually have a full load, so I’ve been paying for a yard waste pickup service that I hardly use.
Here’s what I’m willing [...]
Procter Neighborhood Recycling Project
Posted in Procter neighborhood, cost of fuel, fuel efficiency, karma offset, municipal services, neighborhood, recycling, tagged karma offset, Procter neighborhood, recycling on July 19, 2008 | 9 Comments »
[Update: Check out the Procter Neighborhood Website for the latest on Procter Recycles.]
We got off to a great start! Three neighbors joined me in recycling in our first week, bringing our MPG-per-household up from 20 to 80! Instead of each of us making the five-mile round trip to the 35th St recycling center, we sent four [...]
Karma Offset: Update
Posted in Procter neighborhood, cost of fuel, fuel efficiency, karma offset, municipal services, neighborhood, recycling, tagged cost of fuel, fuel efficiency, karma offset, municipal services, neighborhood, Procter neighborhood, recycling on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have not been getting along with the publishing software, so here’s a reposting of the plan until I can get a permanent page published. It was great to meet everyone yesterday! Thanks go to Greg Kline for volunteering to help out!
I’ll start with a confession: I love my pickup. It’s not new, and it was a very [...]
