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🌱 New Phoenix Agriculture Fellowship + The Crosswalk Problem
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Good morning, neighbors! Nicole Tess Kazora here with the Wednesday copy of thePhoenix Daily.
First, today's weather:
Mostly sunny and cool. High: 76 Low: 53.
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Here are the top three stories in Phoenix today:
- A Phoenix fellowship is out to cultivate the next generation of local urban farmers. The Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs has created a program called the Urban Agriculture Fellowship Program, which places Phoenix residents ages 18 to 24 with urban farms to train them. The fellowship was created to address challenges brought to light through interviews with 22 urban farmers in Phoenix during the COVID-19 pandemic while ensuring the future connection with our land. (TucsonSentinel.com)
- Phoenix residents, including some cops, seem to have a problem using crosswalks. The Street Transportation Director Kini Knudson named Phoenix as being the "worst large city" for deadly car crashes, citing that nearly half of Phoenix's deadly car crashes in recent years involved pedestrians. This information has sparked an online debate between citizens and police over how to solve this problem. (ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix)
- The Banner Cancer Center has completed its $19.25M expansion on Phoenix's campus. The expansion has added an additional 43 exam rooms, nearly tripling its original size of 16 rooms plus two new procedure rooms, four consultation rooms, 41 infusion chairs, and an expansion of the lab, pharmacy and imaging areas. Dr. Rogerio Lilenbaum, director of Banner MD Anderson, looks forward to all that this expansion will allow for in regards to greatly increasing their ability to improve the patient experience. (KTAR.com)
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Today in Phoenix:
From my notebook:
- The City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture is looking for undergraduate students who are interested in arts and culture careers. They've got over 20 part-time student worker positions with local arts and culture organizations for Fall 2022! (Facebook)
- Cesar Chavez Library celebrated StoryWalk's first birthday this past Saturday at Cesar Chavez Park. StoryWalk is an interactive book walk along a path in the park and now features Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony. (Facebook)
- The City of Phoenix Water Services Department is proud to acknowledge their very own Patty Kennedy who has received the Kachina Award for Outstanding Service. This honor is awarded to a person who portrays outstanding service to the AZ Water Association. (Facebook)
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— Nicole Tess Kazora
About me: Nicole is a freelance writer who graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. At her core, she loves painting acrylic portraits, listening to political and social commentary, and examining research in the social sciences.
