Dear All, The Penn report* to HUD chief Donovan calls for extra funds and technical assistance for trailblazing urban ag projects in our cities. Does anyone have any thoughts about grass roots actions that will increase the likelihood of Donovan embracing this report? <http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GovernmentandGrassRootPartnerships/HomePage> *HUD Urban Agriculture Technical Assistance for Job Creation and Food Security
In areas where market conditions make it a rational strategy, the federal government should actively support such efforts through a combination of start-up financial and technical support for qualified land-bank entities, funding for demolition, tax incentive to encourage donations to land-bank entitles and financial support for urban agriculture projects tied to creation of employment opportunities and food security in their communities. (p 116) *The report can be found at the following URL: http://www.upenn.edu/penniur/programs_applied_research.shtml#HUD (with details) or http://www.upenn.edu/penniur/pdf/Retooling%20HUD-EntireReport.pdf (report itself) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090413/00bf0041/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
