counting Chicago's community gardens

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Hello community gardeners,

We here in Chicago are establishing a comprehensive database of all 
community horticulture and food production projects.  The projects will be 
categorized according to function (ornamental, edible, educational, market…) 
and type of site ( lot, streetscape, public or private facility, school…).   
The initial goal is to have at least the basic demographic details of these 
projects, which in and of itself will be no small job.   Then, as resources 
permit, other details will be added, including links to the people involved, 
the projects’ funding sources, and physical features of the site.

I’m writing to you all here to ask if anyone has any experience or advice on 
any similar survey projects.  I am familiar with the ACGA national surveys, 
and I have read a few other survey research projects to see what data they 
collected.  But I’d be interested in any other recommendations on sources, 
or; if you’ve done a survey project, what fields (categories) of information 
you collected.  Of course, we’d be happy to share what we’re doing as well.

Another question has to do with making this information accessible to 
others.  We have considered putting it on the Web, if

If you want to respond to me directly, you can email me at 
maisaacson@hotmail.com; or, if you think this topic or your reply is of 
general interest, just respond via the listserve.   Thank you.

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