starting from absolute scratch

Can anyone recommend some sites and sources of very basic help for a community that has no history whatsoever of community gardening? I tried to explain the concept to a city councilman recently and got a polite "sounds interesting" brushoff. I know people who would be interested in finding the space and organizing in their own neighborhoods, but the need and opportunity here is to use municipal property that has been catastrophically damaged by Hurricane Ivan and is now sitting vacant. The city hall had to be gutted and sits on almost an acre of perfectly usable although once-flooded land, for example. If anyone has an example of a successful proposal, I would like to draw up a formal plan. Any tips about organizing at the grassroots would be really welcome, too. We are in election season, so I don't know what kind of support to expect from the new city council members.

Cameron McLaughlin
Pensacola, Florida


--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 8/22/2006


______________________________________________________
The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org


To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@mallorn.com

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden

Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index