Downtown mall becomes an organic greenhouse
CLEVELAND, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Visitors to the Galleria at Erieview will find quite a different retail scene in the next couple of months, as the latest Civic Innovation Lab champions re-envision the building.
Tomatoes and flowers, for instance, will be a new addition to the few retail shops and art galleries.
Vicky Poole, director of marketing and events for the Galleria, and Jack Hamilton, a gallery owner there, are the recent recipients of a $30,000 Civic Innovation Lab grant to go toward Gardens Under Glass, their attempt to create an urban farm in the downtown shopping mall.
Using a greenhouse system that depends on water instead of soil to grow the crops, the fruits, vegetables, herbs, peppers and flowers can be produced in this year-round controlled urban farm.
Poole's and Hamilton's hope is that Gardens Under Glass will be a sustainable urban "Eco Village" that will serve as a center for agricultural production, environmental education, and green retail opportunities.
Check out the recent Plain Dealer article on Gardens Under Glass:
"Millions have passed through the Galleria at Erieview, sun glinting on its barrel-shaped glass roof. But it took a nurseryman's granddaughter to look up and think: This place looks like a giant greenhouse."
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For more information, please visit http://www.civicinnovationlab.org.
Andradia Scovil, +1-216-925-4827, [email protected]
SOURCE Civic Innovation Lab
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