Friends, Green Thumb and many public community gardening programs are funded by Federal Community Block Grants. In other words, without its Federal Community Development Block Grant, Green Thumb could lose its $5,000,000 or so of funding. Green Thumb has never been funded by the City of New York, so this could be quite serious. You can get the complete document from the IBO ( Independent Budget Office) message below. Seems that I'm full of great news lately...:( Best wishes, Adam Honigman -----Original Message----- From: IBOenews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBOenews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:34:49 -0400 Subject: City Faces New Community Development Block Grant Cuts
New from IBO: New York City uses its federal Community Development Block Grant to fund a variety of programs--from housing maintenance to child care to cleaning vacant lots. But federal funding of the block grant has been decreasing since 2001, and another significant cut is on the Congressional agenda. This new edition of Inside the Budget is included as an attached pdf file, and is available on IBO's Web site at www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/newsfax/insidethebudget141.pdf. To receive printed versions of this or any other IBO publication, e-mail us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call (212) 442-0632. IBO also encourages you to forward this e-mail to friends or colleagues who may be interested in its contents. IBO welcomes your comments and questions about this report. To send us your thoughts, simply click "reply" on this e-mail or send a new e-mail to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Update your Acrobat Reader! Viewing and printing IBO publications requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher, available from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html Doug Turetsky Chief of Staff/Communications Director NYC Independent Budget Office 110 William Street, New York, NY 10038 Phone: 212-442-0629/Cell: 917-513-7488 Fax: 212-442-0350 Get inside the budget--click here to receive IBO's free publications [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of insidethebudget141.pdf"; name="insidethebudget141.pdf] ______________________________________________________ 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
