Kate: Please check out the history and completion of Troy Gardens in Madison, WI. It was surplus state land slated for development and is now 31 acres of community gardens, CSA, restored prairie, natural woodlands, and green-built and accessible affordable housing. It was saved by the neighbors through collaboration between several organizations. Affordable housing turned out to be the key.
There is quite a lot of info on these two websites. http://troygardens.net/ -- site done by the land trust that owns the land and developed the housing. Click on "media library" for photos http://www.troygardens.org/aboutftg.html -- site by the organization that manages the land, gardens and educational programs. Best of luck, Martha Worcester > From: Kate Kiefling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Community Gardens <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:44:09 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Community_garden] Help! We need a CSA business plan & budget > Hello Awesome Folks at Community Garden Forum! > > We have an urban farm project in the Inglewood neighborhood in Nashville, > TN and we need your help. We are trying to save a parcel of 55 acres from > being developed into low quality housing and to be saved for community, > education and farming (CSA & community garden) use. > > The goal is to have the land in trust in perpetuity, preferably owned by > the community, but we need to find some creative funding as the developer > wants beaucoup bucks for the land. > > I have been asked to be part of is creating a business plan for a CSA, > complete with a list of organic vegetables and a green house system. Right > now we are grappling with figuring out the start up cost, the cost to > maintain and the estimated income from a CSA. The arable land is about 25-35 > acres. This information is needed in order to make a presentation to > potential investors/benefactors. > > I was wondering if anyone here has any kind of information that would help > us, or if anyone would know of someone who could help us to put together a > farm budget, or at least point to the right direction. I have compiled a > list of potential veggies and other types of products and services and have > looked at the info available online for already existing CSAs. > > Also, if you have any info about funding, that would be very very welcome. > > Smiles, > > Kate Kiefling > 615-336-4465 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080913/fdd4f794/attachment.html _______________________________________________ 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: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
