(Before responding to Fred, just want to say I couldn't have said it better myself, Ken. We really are culturally addicted to complexity and "bigger/newer" is better.)
Hey, Fred, Charlotte's best hope for a community-wide community gardening program is through Park and Recreation (similar to Portland, OR; maybe Toronto, where Parks and Rec are not the whole picture by any means, but quite involved and supportive). It's doubly true locally, since in our county, Extension is under Park and Rec - strange arrangement, but it enabled us to save Extension from being completely defunded a few years back. So, I'm useless to you, but I'm very very curious about what you come up with. Park and Rec really hasn't taken a leadership role here, it is more a "laisser-faire management" role, leaving a lot to individual gardeners and luck of the draw on resources, who gets involved, etc. We're very lucky to have a head of Extension, Jim Monroe, who "gets it", and a new Park and Rec Director who has voiced strong support. Anyway, please keep me posted and send me what you create. I will be glad to share anything, of course, once we come up with it... This might be a good topic for our regional community gardening meeting this summer, no? (Hint, hint...) Last thought - what about Bobby? Bet he has a load of materials. He's our ACGA President-Elect, I hear! It's good to hear somebody of quality and experience (and a nice guy) will be taking the lead after James, another quality guy with a great feel for gardening. Don Boekelheide Charlotte NC http://urbanministygarden.wordpress.com Message: 6 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:06:15 -0500 From: "Ken Hargesheimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Why Has Not NYT's Friedman Discovered the Grow Local Movements? To: "James Godsil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Community Gardens USA <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" James, People use high tech thinking and can not think low tech. It is a mindset. Ken Hargesheimer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Looking at someone else's list might also help us identify holes in our strategy! We have documents that are descriptive of our programs and have a lot of nice graphics, but in this case, we'd like to be able to figure out how we're going to live together. Somebody has to clean the bathroom, eh? Put away the groceries? Shoo away the stray dogs? 99% of our community gardens are not in parks, by the way, but it's a growing trend. Thanks, fgc Fred Conrad Community Garden Coordinator Atlanta Community Food Bank 732 Joseph E Lowery Blvd, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 ph: 678.553.5932 fx: 678.553.5933 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.acfb.org> Our mission is to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community. Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message is legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. 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