EMWOT- The Art of Economic Development with the GREEN GRIOT -on RIDE-KC
EMWOT-East Meets West of Troost- The ART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT with The Green Griot- Sasteh Meter and Nuta Beqsu- Adenike AmenRa
We are live at East Meets West Of Troost (EMWOT)
the ART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
We are recording because We're Right Here
Walking off of the Linwood Shopping Center
(Park and Ride) to Enter the Prospect Max Bus.
We can just walk right on in, they have a nice little cover to cover the moneymaking part... as you can see here it's covered up.
Meaning NO FARE! For the rest of indefinite.
(sign) KCATA IS A DRIVING FORCE!
We are headed down to the city to connect with the City Council Members
(Adenike "NUTA" AmenRa) who is here to review the KC transportation system.
(SASTEH Kenneth Mosley) We've got an INFRASTRUCTURE Meeting today, Downtown City Hall. This is a Great time because Today they are Gonna
be Coming out of committee with the Environmental standards for the City.
Setting the amount of EMISSIONS and the
amount of traffic we're gonna have and seeing what we can do in the city to reduce the POLLUTION.
Alot of the ENVIRONMENTAL forces talk about a thing called TAILPIPE COMMUNITIES,
where you put a road right in the middle of the city where all of the fumes from all of the
transport going back and forth, this leads to asthma and to High Ozone alerts being more difficult
because of all of the pollution.
So we as a city have an opportunity today, to not
only talk about it but be about setting some stricter guidelines for ourselves
And one of the key things that we can do to reduce all of our emissions and so forth is by actually passing the ZERO FARE initiative and getting our people on these natural gas busses.
So now we have a new PROSPECT MAX, TROOST MAX AND MAIN MAX express bus service. I can go to the International airport on the bus!
So that we can actually keep our air cleaner.
and help take some of the health burden off of the local residents.
That's what we're headed down to do.
ALRIGHT!
So again, we are live and direct East Meets West of Troost- EMWOT the Art of Economic Development.
I am one of the Co-Hosts/Producers, Adenike AmenRa also known as Nuta Beqsu.
You've just been speaking with Ken (Sasteh) Mosley, he is the Green Griot of Kansas City
He introduced me to the Local Urban Agriculture Agenda Chapter 88-312 for Kansas City
Right-to-farm where your property is exempt from business zoning restrictions
You can actually Grow your own foods in your front yard and sell your tomatoes or whatever you grow to your neighbor
without any restrictions for zoning
And that there are very specific farm objectives for local URBAN FARMING.
We Grow FOODS-NOT-LAWNS
So we actually have an herbal garden growing in our front yard
Where we actually promote the objectives of green SUSTAINABLE living on our property.
Most people think of the objective of a community garden
where people get a plot of land and they just have a section where they can grow their own food on.
But the idea of independently, each person having a Victory garden where they can grow
or using the available lot next to their house, to grow their own foods
Also being able to sell the seedlings, be able to sell their vegetables that come from that harvest.
So that is ENTREPRENEURIAL HOME COTTAGE INDUSTRY
and the Idea of fostering economic development.
STE-A-M -There are young children who are being entrepreneurs because they are learning biology/Science by growing the foods,
They are understanding multiplication/ Mathematics because one seed can multiply into an abundance of HARVEST!
And Just the Ideas of watching the incremental phases.
You have to have the sun. You have to have the Water
You have to have the right soil. You have to have the right nutrients
Those kinds of objectives are what children are learning in Biology
We have a You G.R.O.W.W. Girl program
We have a YOU-G.R.O.W.W Girl program where we work with Girls
In vocational arts, Biology, Sciences
We also have a YOUTH GROWING GREEN Program
Where we work with the Community of Young People
So, Young people can come to our Farm to Learn and Earn!
I was a teacher with the Kansas City School District,
So I take my knowledge to the streets. Directly to the community
While we're riding on the bus- we can take our show on the road!
Not have to worry about texting and driving- or watching the road...lol
i'm Saving Fuel and Parking fees.
I Parked at the Linwood Shopping Center and Jumped on the Bus!
Now we can bike-and-ride with the safety of our soon-come bike trails we can add our bikes to 5he bike rack in front of the bus an complete our destination all over the city!
So We will meet again at City Hall- Thank you!
EMWOT East Meets West of Troost- The Art of Economic Development, With The Green Griot-SASTEH METER
