Members of this list may be interested to know that about half of our 2007 "Diversifying Farmers Markets" grantees have community garden components as part of their markets and projects.
Chris Chris Heitmann Senior Associate Project for Public Spaces (212) 620-5660 (M/TH) (203) 859-5823 (T/W) cheitmann at pps.org <mailto:cheitmann at pps.org> ********************************* March 22, 2007 Project for Public Spaces Announces Winners of Grants to Diversify Farmers Markets in Ten U.S. Cities and Towns http://www.pps.org/markets/info/regranting/2007_individual_market_grante es Ten farmers markets across the United States will grow and diversify their operations, while broadening the social, cultural, and economic impacts on the communities they serve and becoming better community gathering places. They are the recipients of ten grants, totaling $417,742, which were recently awarded by Project for Public Spaces (PPS). Funding for these grants is provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The grants are part of a three-year, $3 million grant-making program, which began in 2005 and is also funded by The Ford Foundation. The 2007 grantees are as follows: * CitySeed Inc., City Farmers' Markets, New Haven, CT * City of High Springs, High Springs Farmers Market, FL * City of Takoma Park, Takoma Park Farmers Market, MD * University of Missouri Extension, Webb City Farmers Market, MO * Ashe County Partnership for Children, Ashe County Farmers Market, Jefferson, NC * United Community Centers, East New York Farmers Market, Brooklyn, NY * ACEnet, Athens Farmers Market, OH * Lucas County Improvement Corporation, Toledo Farmers Market, OH * William Byrd Community House, Richmond, VA * Fondy Food Center, Fondy Farmers Market, Milwaukee, WI For further information about the grantees and PPS' "Diversifying Farmers Markets" grant program, visit our website at: http://www.pps.org/markets/info/regranting/2007_individual_market_grante es or contact Kelly Williams at kwilliams at pps.org. <mailto:cheitmann at pps.org> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20070322/f7527ad6/attachment.html
