2010 Cornell - Project Concept:
Syracuse is experiencing difficulties involving food deserts, abandoned
homes, education and job training. The Extreme Home & Land
Make Over program addresses these problems in a simple system.
Our goal is to decrease the amount of homeless, abandoned homes
and food deserts while increasing education, job training, culture,
green sites, along with healthy food production and access throughout
the city. The system is built of themed program houses relating to
different aspects and interests of the general population. These
houses will be either rehabilitated homes that are currently abandoned,
or houses that are built by Habitat for Humanity. Residents would work on green spaces located within a
quarter mile; at least one of the green spaces must be an agricultural
plot where the house is able to provide produce for itself along with
selling produce at a local farmers market or home. The residents will be required to
work for the program in some way.
Extreme Home & Land Make Over - Syracuse Addition
