“Sweet Auburn Curb Market Photos.” Yelp. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2016. <http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sweet-auburn-curb-market-atlanta?start=120>.
The Sweet Auburn Curb Market, located in Atlanta, Georgia, has been an important resource for the people of that community for decades. The market offers fresh, beautiful fruits and vegetables for reasonable prices. The market reminds us that even living in the city, it is important to take care of your body.
“Sweet Auburn Curb Market Photos.” Yelp. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2016. <http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sweet-auburn-curb-market-atlanta?start=120>.
The Sweet Auburn Market, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a welcoming place in which people from all over the community and from all socioeconomic statuses can join together. All of the vendor’s items are inexpensive and are great quality. It is a perfect place to stop for a quick lunch, to satisfy your sweet tooth with a cookie, or to shop for groceries.
Bonner, Jeanne. “Sweet Auburn Curb Market viewed as business incubator”. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved February 18, 2016. http://www.ajc.com/news/business/sweet-auburn-curb-market-viewed-as-business-incuba/nQnzB/.
This photo of Matt Hinton, owner of Bell Street Burritos, shows the success that may come from vendors that rent a stand at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market in Atlanta, Georgia. Matt is a part time teacher, and he was not able to make enough money to support his family, so he started his business in the market. He talks about how it is easier to rent a stall at the market because it would take much more money and preparation time to rent his own building. The market gives people like Matt a chance to start off with few resources and make something special.
“Edgewood Community Learning Garden”. The Wylde Center. Clifton Farm. 2013. Web. 5 Feb. 2016. <http://wyldecenter.org/edgewood-community-learning-garden/>.
It is important that I have the direct information about the Edgewood Community Learning Garden (ECLG) for this paper. I have emailed the Garden Manager to get some answers to my questions that were not posted on this site. However, this article is helpful because I now know that it has a system setup for volunteers which gives me the impression that the ECLG is easily accessible to the entire community. Having the presence of the Garden accessible to children growing up in this urban environment is important so the children can see first hand how cool healthy foods can be. I would like to know if the food grown here is available for the children to eat, because so often, vegetables are expensive and in short supply in urban areas. The ECLG has the opportunity to educate children about healthy eating and how they can grow the food themselves. I hope to incorporate what the manager says into the paper to analyze how the garden has changed the community, who has access to it, and why it was built there.
Leventhal, Tama, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. “The neighborhoods they live in: the effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent outcomes.” Psychological bulletin 126.2 (2000): 309. Last accessed February 4, 2016. http://www.gxe2010.org/Speakers/pubs/Brooks-Gunn_2000a.pdf
While I was visiting the Edgewood Community Learning Garden, I arrived at the time when the elementary students were just dismissed from school. A small group of students walking home from school were curious about what I was doing and joined me in the Garden. During my conversation with them, I became curious about studies that were done about how children are affected by living in poor neighborhoods, living near a public park, or living in an area that has undergone gentrification which is evident in the Edgewood neighborhood. This article explores a little of that by explaining that “youth who moved to the more affluent suburbs were more likely to stay in school, to be in college preparatory classes, and to go on to college than their peers who remained in the city” (Leventhal, Tama, Brooks-Gunn). I believe statistics like these are known by the general public, but I would like to explore why this happens. They mention that families living in poverty tend to have only one parent present and while that parent is at work, the children do not have sufficient instructive care. If I can find enough information in conjunction with this article, I would like to explore how the way these children grow up affects the future of urban neighborhoods. If I can develop a broad idea of this, I may be able to find correlations to the Garden and the neighborhood surrounding it.