Community Greenhouse Partners. The mission is “building a large greenhouse in an economically distressed neighborhood in order to sell organic vegetables at low cost to low-income families, create jobs and educate young people.”

On October 5, 2010, Tim Smith put a big piece in place. “We signed the papers that enable us to take possession of the site at St. George parish at East 67th Street and Superior Avenue in Cleveland,” he blogs.

Smith estimates the total cost of the project will be $3.4 million, with $2.5 million in annual sales. His model is similar to Allen's Growing Power by maximizing space employing a "vertical farming" method that Allen picked up in The Netherlands in giant hoop houses which extend the growing season to year round.

The project reuses a huge concrete lot (pictured), and Smith estimates he'll employ 3-5 people from the neighborhood. In the larger sense, this is a model— like St. Josaphat as an art/performance/living space—for a higher and better calling for church property in the city.