The Not-So-Secret Gardens of Saginaw

On November 12, 2019, U.S. News and World Report covered the story of one local Saginaw, Michigan group’s effort to tackle urban abandonment through greening and community gardens. Here is what our own, Joseph Schilling had to say about it. Full article can be read here The broad movement known as urban greening has accelerated
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The Rent in the Bay Area Is Too Damn High. So These Moms Occupied a Vacant House

A recent Mother Jones Article quotes VPRN’s Founder, Joseph Schilling: “Every vacant property has a story story behind it,” says Joseph Schilling, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute who has devoted the majority of his career to studying how communities reclaim vacant properties. “What is the owner’s story? What is the neighborhood story?
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