What makes Galatin a special neighborhood of Blendini City is its proximity to the Whispering Woods and the sense of community, with an industry based on repair and maintenance.

One of the strengths of Blendini’s economy is that while there is a focus on production, there is also a sizable focus on repair and maintenance. The Whispering Woods gives the buildings and people clean air to breathe.

The architecture in this neighborhood mostly consists of wood and stone with some other flourishes, given to the buildings from the Whispering Woods.

Galatin’s economic specialty is repairing and maintaining devices. In addition, there are businesses involved in building new simple machines with recycled parts. From shoes to radios to watches to simple machines, there are many specialty places here that are good for repair – there are also several schools in the neighborhood that specialize in different trades in general.

It’s thanks to neighborhoods like Galatin that Blendini City doesn’t have a disposable consumption culture, but instead, a culture of conscious consumption that puts great care and sentiment into everything that’s built and created.

How do we balance for the need for the new along with maintaining the old? At the end of day, new stuff is great but we need to also maintain what we have. That’s why I repair shoes. Could you imagine how many great shoes that might just need new soles would go into the dumpster without my services?

Geoff Era, owner of Arch Shoe Repair