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This Community Is Transforming a Blighted Neighborhood Into a Vibrant Lab of Possibilities

Name: This Community Is Transforming a Blighted Neighborhood Into a Vibrant Lab of Possibilities
Uploaded: 2014-12-28T08:03:03
Duration: 16 min

The Urban Farming Guys have been busy the last several years, doing amazing work transforming one of the most blighted inner-city zip codes in Kansas City. They're not just growing food, but the hopes and dreams of a community, too. Now they've got big plans to turn an old warehouse in the neighborhood into 'MakerSpace' ... read more

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