There are many stories whose theme is what does a city do to long vacant land and dead buildings. The attached article from the Baltimore Sun is just an example of what one community is currently doing to deal with this issue with the hope the program can sustain itself. check it out at http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-bz-reclaimed-bricks-20140415,0,1141700.story. Additional stories can be read at the Center for Community Progress www.communityprogress.net .

Alex Pearl