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Re-Booting the Inner City: National Preservation Conference Recap

Last month we hosted as a part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation National Conference in Indianapolis a community-based field session. As a result of the workshop we wanted to share the results that focused on neighborhood partnerships  and preservation strategies. We hope that this might encourage further work both in the Mapleton-Fall Creek community […]

Fundamental Education

In 1954 the U.S. Congress funded the Board of Fundamental Education, an innovate public-private partnership based in Indiana, New York, and Texas. The document excerpt below gives a summary of their model — one that we might consider recovering for the challenges that we still face today.  Click on the images to enlarge.     […]

Preservation at the Crossroads

Urban Patch is proud to announce that we will be leading TWO sessions at the upcoming 2013 National Preservation Conference in Indianapolis.  We will lead a field session in our own Mapleton Fall Creek community highlighting the role of historic preservation in community redevelopment and partnerships. New Partnerships Re-Boot the Inner City Older neighborhoods that have suffered long-term economic and […]

Community Garden 2.0

Urban Patch has helped to start the Saint Nicholas Miracle Garden in Harlem.  During Earth Week the group of community members received their approval to turn a vacant city-owned lot into one of the city’s newest Green Thumb sites, and had their first work day cleaning up the garden. The site is small (like everything in […]

Stone Soup Kitchen Winter Canning Workshop Recap

Urban Patch and Fall Creek Gardens recently hosted our December canning workshop.  Our participants made Grape Jelly , Strawberry Jam, Apple Marmalade to USDA standards for use at home or as holiday gifts.  

Delaware Project: Cellulose Insulation for Lath and Plaster Walls

We did several energy-saving sustainability upgrades as part of our Delaware Project restoring a vacant historic home.  The most important green upgrade, with biggest bang for the buck, was to better insulate the building. Many older homes, while well constructed, have no insulation in the walls.  Installing costly energy-efficient new HVAC systems would do no good without […]

Our History: Past Forward

Urban Patch’s Stone Soup Kitchen provides workshops to teach people in the inner city to prepare and preserve their own food.  The project is a legacy to the work of the Urban Patch’s founders’ patriarch, Albert A. Moore, Agricultural Director for the Flanner House during the 1940’s.  In the photo below, Mr. Moore demonstrates techniques for preserving […]

Stone Soup Kitchen: Pumpkin-to-Pie Cooking Workshop on November 17th

Tis the season…for holiday baking! Before we leave the garden harvest behind for all practical purposes, we have one more way to enjoy the bounty of autumn: Learn how to simple it is to take a pumpkin and end up with a delicious pie to share with your family this Thanksgiving! The Urban Patch is partnering […]

Stone Soup Kitchen: Jam, Jelly, and Marmalade – Make Your Own Holiday Gifts on December 8th

What better way to brighten your pantry shelves than by making your own jams, jellies, and marmalades to enjoy and share? Just in time for the holidays, please join us and our partner, the Fall Creek Gardens, at Broadway United Methodist Church to learn how to preserve fruits with three different techniques: preparing and canning […]

Urban Patch will be at Big Car’s Family Day on October 20th

Urban Patch will be at Big Car’s family day to share our work and talk about our Stone Soup Kitchen’s canning workshops. Celebrate the harvest with us at Family Fun Day! Free Event at Service Center offers fun for everyone Our raised bed urban garden in the parking lot at Service Center yielded cucumbers, greens, […]