Trees weren't the only thing on local environmentalists' minds in the "What Tampa Bay Needs" survey.
Caity Coutant called for more “giveback greenery." She called for more community gardens, educational programming about sustainability practices like recycling and composting, ordinances on new office and multi-family buildings to have living roofs or rooftop gardens. Even small apartments could have herb container gardens to promote healthier eating and bring better oxygen into the unit.
"Green spaces are also gathering points—parks, walking trails, preserves that help develop socialization skills, something people are still trying to strengthen after COVID isolation," Coutant added. "Living roofs have proven to be helpful insulators, and again provide that green space opportunity on an office building or apartment complex that may not otherwise be able to have one on ground level property.
To commemorate the leap year, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay asked readers and local leaders to chime in on what Tampa Bay needs to be a better place in four years. These are some of the results of the "What Tampa Bay Needs" survey.
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Tampa Bay could use more 'giveback greenery' to become a better place in four years
Even small apartments could have herb container gardens to promote healthier eating.
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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...
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