Spokane: A Chance for Sustainable Action
May 8th, 2009 By Jennifer M. Hall
A boyfriend some 15+ years ago had the toughest time remembering how to pronounce Spokane. Knowing it really got under my skin, bless him, he figured out a little trick and never said it incorrectly again… “Spo-can-of-tomatoes.” To this day he has to say the whole thing to say it at all, but he gets the key part right and I’m good with that. The rest of the world better adopt whatever trickery it needs to get it right as well – Spocanoftomatoes (SCOT) is on the rise.
Continuing with the farm-talk analogies, this quite historically conservative town sits ready to bloom as the country’s prime example of the President’s message of change and just plain doing it right. The pieces have been in place for a while. A history of agriculture, a present of agriculture (still with some strong small acreage operations, both crop and meat production), the Spokane River running through the center of town, a reminder of the whole plate when migrating salmon competed with foam to be the primary spotting over the falls. Slowly (you’ll see more of that), surely, our foundation has recently been transforming. Welcome to 2009, and the city stands ready to show the country what can be done. Read More