In the third part of Wye Island Revisited, Ted Rouse, son of James Rouse and now urban garden planning pioneer, discusses the critical role that jobs play in a local economy for projects like Wye Island to work. Recalling his father’s goal of providing “fit and living housing” for every American within a generation, Ted suggests that employment is the real key for making that a reality.
The Chestertown Spy, in partnership with the Aspen Institute and the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, hosted the discussion at Aspen’s Wye Woods Conference center, to acknowledge the role Rouse’s Wye Island concept played in land conservation history, and to compare it now with contemporary issues facing Queen Anne’s County and other high population centers in the country.
The video is approximately three minutes.
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