Re: Ratio CG

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Soleil,
For city comparisons of open space not just cg's see Inside City Parks by Peter Harnik. I believe the information is also 
available on the Trust for Public Land Website www.tpl.org
If you check the community_garden@mallorn.com archives I posted a paper that I did on community garden policies. I 
remember there being a problem with the size of the attached file on the list serv. I will send you an attachment 
separately. Seattle is the only cities that has a recommended ratio for cgs.
By the way the NYC Dept. of City Planning recommends 2.5 acres per 1000 residents of open space though most low 
income communities and communities of color have less than 1.5 acres of open space per 1000 residents.
Lenny Librizzi

1/29/02 11:29:59 AM, SoleilPaz@aol.com wrote:

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>  From:   SoleilPaz@aol.com
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>  Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:29:59 EST
>  To:     community_garden@mallorn.com
>  Subject:[cg] Ratio CG
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>  Hi All,
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>         Preparing our CG proposal for our local Parks and Rec. Any idea or
>  suggestions where to look for data on suggested ratios of CG land to
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>  population or suburban developed acreage?? 100 acres per every 100,000
>  people or something to that effect??? I am interested in your first gut
>  reaction as to what this # should be as well.
>  --Soleil
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>  The Elk Grove Community Garden
>  www.geocities.com/egcgonline/
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>  Soleil Tranquilli 685-8010
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>  “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions
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>  on the next seven generations.” --Great Law of the Iroquoise Confederacy

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