[MissoulaGov] A question - or two - on Chickasaw

[Jed Taylor]

Just so there's no misunderstanding, I'm a big supporter of locally grown
food, and believe that increases in transportation costs that we all will
experience in the future will make local sources that much more valuable.
And it's clear from the testimony about this project that the soil on these
lots, and especially the eastern half, is great for growing things.
 
So - if there's all this demand for land on which to locally grow food, and
if this land in particular is appropriate for that activity, then why hasn't
it been farmed since 2005?  Have there been people clamoring to farm it, but
have been prevented from doing so?
 
 
My other question is more philosophical.  Is the city really ready to annex
an individual piece of property a good mile west of its current boundary and
create this island of development surrounded by people who don't want it and
served by an infrastructure that really isn't ready to support it?  Is this
how growth-by-infill is going to occur - in an ad-hoc, patchwork,
one-project-at-a-time manner wherever they might pop up regardless of how
far away from the current city limits they might be?
 
 


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