Posts by Jimmy Jordan
The City is Asking what you think about the Waterfront Neighborhood Plan [AUDIO]
The City of Ithaca displayed it’s Waterfront Neighborhood Plan at two open houses on July 11th. Presented at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market, city planners prepared poster boards to explain the vision the city has for the Waterfront’s development. The public was able leave comments right on the displays and ask questions directly to city planners.…
Read MoreHow to Manage the County’s Forests? [AUDIO]
Tompkins County has a looming question. There over 550 acres of county owned forest in the towns of Newfield and Caroline, but about 300 acres of this have an abnormal ecology for the area. They’re filled with red pine trees planted back in the 1930s and these trees are beginning to fail and fall over.…
Read MoreStories of El Salvador with Reverend Cameron Miller [AUDIO]
This piece comes from a conversation with Cameron Miller, a poet, fiction writer, and preacher living in Geneva, NY. In April 2019, Reverend Miller published an article titled Authentic Desperation in the Finger Lakes Times, detailing an experience he had in one of his many trips to El Salvador. He discovered a group of activists…
Read MoreLaura Flanders Speech at Izzy Award [AUDIO]
Laura Flanders is an independent English journalist living and working in the United States. Her career extends between broadcast and television, and she is the author of six books. Her show, “The Laura Flanders Show“, explores alternative models and movements in the economy, culture, and politics often overseen by the mainstream media. Laura Flanders is…
Read More