The economic crisis has shown us how fragile the line is between economic health and hardship. Economic strife helps us to see food bank customers not as vagrants, but as our neighbors, ourselves. Ballard Food Bank has always promoted this idea; its motto is “Neighbors helping neighbors.” To better serve their mission, Ballard Food Bank recently made the move from a cramped and inefficient space to a new location along Leary Avenue NW. As their architect, I had the pleasure...