Here is an article I wrote about youth summer jobs in parks and gardening: http://skillspages.com/blog/?p=25
Also - here is a general article on characteristics of high quality youth employment programs: 1f. Quality Youth Employment Programs<http://skillspages.com/masswbl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=61> I hope these may be helpful... On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 7:34 PM, mcdonough garden <[email protected] > wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > I am searching for research on using community gardens as spaces for > workforce development. Would anyone be able to provide reports, possibly > even job descriptions, or articles that account for the capacity for > community gardens to be used as spaces for individuals to get work > experience and transferable skills? > > Respectfully, > > Duron Chavis > Coordinator > McDonough Community Garden > http://mcdonoughgarden.com > 804-397-1465 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20130125/a8a3015c/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 > -- Jennifer Leonard The Skills Library 781-321-7894 Web: http://skillslibrary.com Email: [email protected] Blog: http://skillspages.com/blog * f Skills Library on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Skills-Library/195427640469811?sk=wall> * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20130126/37ccb37f/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

