The Lot on Elm Street
For three years, the vacant lot at 412 Elm Street in Decatur, Georgia, collected nothing but tire ruts and fast-food wrappers. The city council voted...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24.
For three years, the vacant lot at 412 Elm Street in Decatur, Georgia, collected nothing but tire ruts and fast-food wrappers. The city council voted twice to sell it to developers. Neighbors called it an eyesore. A chain-link fence went up, and everyone agreed the lot was worthless. Then Maria Gutierrez, a retired schoolteacher with arthritic hands and a stubborn streak, asked the council for one year.…
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