Friday, July 22, 2011

TAM Jam The News
Farmers Markets Beat Starving Artists

In them olde days, starving artists were considered the key urban revitalization force.

Now, farmers markets are planners' manna.

News Item:

Market Watch: A bumper crop of new markets in the L.A. area:
Thousand Oaks, Hollywood and Torrance are among the new venues, adding to the competition for true straight-from-the-farm produce.
(From Los Angeles Times.)

Art Item:

From post-industrial artists’ den to condo community (From Baltimore Brew, but you know the story from all over, even if not this particular example.)