The Town Meeting
When huge forces of business and government make secret deals that affect your well being, where can you go? To the Town Meeting. The bees are depending on you.
Title photograph: At a Zoning Board Meeting of the St. Albans Township, attendees who plan to testify are sworn in.
Since the public announcement that Intel would build a massive chip manufacturing plant in western Licking County, residents of nearby St. Albans township have been attending meetings. Comprehensive Plan meetings. EPA hearings. Zoning hearings. Trustee meetings.
They are trying to preserve their way of life in the face of unprecedented growth and development.
Stephanie Taylor (far right) and Allison Riggs lead an organizational meeting in early June. They distrIbuted signs that read, NO ASPHALT PLANTS; NO MORE TRUCKS.
Stephanie Taylor (far right) and Allison Riggs lead an organizational meeting in early June. They distrIbuted signs that read, NO ASPHALT PLANTS; NO MORE TRUCKS.
This audio story is about The Town Meeting--its role in the democratic process, how it forms and shapes community, and specifically, how members of this community are using it to preserve their rural way of life. You'll also learn that bees have their own town meetings!
Carianne Meng moved to Alexandria about two years ago. She was atrracted to the livable space, and the fact that she could keep a garden and bees in her back yard. She wears a bee suit to tend her hives.
Carianne Meng moved to Alexandria about two years ago. She was atrracted to the livable space, and the fact that she could keep a garden and bees in her back yard. She wears a bee suit to tend her hives.
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