I recently wrote an article about creating resident gardens for affordable housing sites for the *Assisted Housing Management Insider*, with help of a number of sources around the country, including several on this listserv, with much gratitude. The *Insider* is a national plain English "how-to" publication, giving advice to owners and managers of low-income/federally-subsidized and public housing (Section 8 project-based, Section 202, Section 236, Tax Credit, NYCHA/PHA, HOPE 6 and other federally regulated sites) on complying with complicated housing regulations as well as working tools for managing their properties effectively. The story is very much geared toward these owners and managers, not the more savvy food system and gardening advocates in this group. Indeed, the subject matter is generally outside of the publication's usual content, which is why they used an outside editor. So it is almost a primer for those with little knowledge about food issues and gardening for starting and managing a resident community gardening project at affordable housing sites, though the article makes clear that the site should partner with community organizations who have the gardening knowledge and resources--several of the sources in the article are those types of community partners.
Click here <http://blog.nycfoodscape.com/?p=1508>for an excerpt with a link to the publisher for the full story. The publication is generally for paid subscribers only, but the editor unlocked the gardening story online for public view because she thought it would have a wide audience beyond existing subscribers, including opening up the idea of gardening to people who haven't considered it before, and so it would be a good marketing tool for getting site owners and managers to subscribe and for others to use. Feel free to share the link and repost/use. I think you can print, though I don't know if you can download a PDF or not. And there are also links on the publisher's site once you click through for model tools, including model garden rules and a model survey for residents and site staff. Best, Carolyn Zezima President* * *NYC Foodscape* Sprouting and nurturing healthy ideas [email protected] www.nycfoodscape.com <[email protected]> (847) 507-1785 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20131015/34aeddf5/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
