A working farm, run by mostly young people, has taken root. It began in 2011 and ever since, it’s grown into a living, breathing example of what can thrive when residents put their minds together.
Cascades Park is just not the place for those who simply want to find something to whine and complain about local government. It is too spectacular, too beautiful and too genius for that.
There’s a space where an imagination can run wild, an amphitheater to jam out in and trails that are the perfect place to get active — just to name a few of the park’s features.
On a picture-perfect, sunshiny Friday morning, about 1,000 people attended the official opening ceremony of Cascades Park, a 26-acre swath of downtown that curves from South Monroe Street to Apalachee Parkway.
With over 375,000 (140th on the list of U.S. metros), the Tallahasssee, Florida MSA is a statewide player by virtue of housing the capitol and a regional force thanks to its otherwise secluded location.
Young professionals sometimes complain there’s nothing going on in Tallahassee. Tom Flanigan reports some of them changed their minds after hearing people connected with the Knight Creative Communities Institute.
