[Community_garden] Time Out NY Article on NYC Community Gardens
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/i-new-york/55591/community-gardens Janice Pargh LaGuardia Corner Gardens NYC -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080904/0d579a70/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: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
[cg] Fwd: H.R. 1694
From: Elias, Minna [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: July 31, 2006 12:38:32 PM EDT To: 'doggielama' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: H.R. 1694 Rep Earl Blumenauer of Oregon. -Original Message- From: doggielama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:38 PM To: Elias, Minna Subject: Re: H.R. 1694 Who is the co-sponsor? On Jul 31, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Elias, Minna wrote: People are interested and want to know who in their delegation they should contact -- my general answer is everyone since the bill currently has only one co-sponsor. Additionally, if they want to know, I'm happy to let them know who from their state is on the committee. It is a bill that is in the Financial Services Committee and the Housing Subcommittee, since HUD would get the money. Congresswoman Maloney sits on the committee (as do Velazquez, Ackerman, Crowley and Fossella, from NYC) __ 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: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
[cg] Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act (H.R. 1694)
H.R.1694 was introduced in the House by NYC Congressional Representative Carolyn Maloney. Community gardeners need to support this bill. It would provide for HUD grants. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 1:49 PM Subject: RECIPE Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act (Introduced in House) 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1694 To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 19, 2005 Mrs. MALONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act'. SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. The Congress finds that-- (1) open spaces and community parks are a critically important portion of urban infrastructure; (2) many inner-city areas suffer from a lack of public open space for community residents to use for recreation, social interaction, and relief from dense urban conditions; (3) vacant lots, many in public ownership as a result of tax foreclosures, are common in inner-city areas; (4) the recent economic recession substantially increased the number of such vacant lots; (5) such lots often become drug trafficking areas, thereby decreasing the value of surrounding property and leading to higher crime rates in inner-city areas; and (6) the refurbishment of such lots, by removing garbage and rubble and creating well-lighted and maintained open spaces and community parks, would establish positive assets for surrounding communities, provide positive outlets for community youth, increase property values, make other types of investment in the communities more attractive, and generally improve the quality of life for residents of the affected communities. SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. (a) In General- The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, to the extent amounts are provided in appropriation Acts pursuant to section 13, make grants under this Act to qualified community organizations for establishment of community open space in urban areas. (b) Amount- The aggregate amount of any grants made under this Act to any single qualified community organization in any single fiscal year may not exceed $250,000. SEC. 4. QUALIFIED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. A grant under this Act may be made only to a nonprofit organization that-- (1) has among its purposes significant activities related to the improvement of the neighborhood, community, or city in which any property that is to be assisted with the grant under this Act is located; (2) has a history of serving such neighborhood, community, or city; (3) maintains, through significant representation on the organization's governing board and otherwise, accountability to residents of such neighborhood, community, or city; and (4) complies with such standards of financial accountability as the Secretary may require. SEC. 5. USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS. (a) Eligible Activities- Amounts from a grant made under this Act may be used by the recipient of the grant only for costs relating to the establishment of community open space, as follows: (1) To develop eligible municipal real property for use as community open space, which shall include design, clearance, demolition, removal, beautification, site improvements, and construction or installation of facilities and improvements for such property. (2) To lease or otherwise obtain the use of eligible municipal real property for establishment of community open space. (3) To maintain community open space. (4) To cover other administrative costs related to the establishment, development, maintenance, administration, or management of the community open space, except that not more than 10 percent of any single grant made under this Act may be used for costs under this paragraph. (b) Development Plan Requirement- Amounts from a grant made under this Act may be used by the recipient of a grant only to carry out activities under subsection (a) that are described in the development plan of the recipient approved by the Secretary under section 7 or that are described in an amendment to the development plan approved by the Secretary under section 9. (c) Community Involvement Requirements- A qualified community organization that applies for a grant under this Act shall provide for
[cg] Come Celebrate LaGuardia Corner Garden's 25th Anniversary!
Located in NYC's Greenwich Village. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type multipart/appledouble] __ 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: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
[cg] LaGuardia Corner Garden 25th Anniversary Party
Come join us! The garden is located at 511 LaGuardia Place, between Bleecker and Houston Streets in New York City's Greenwich Village. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of Seed Packet LG outlined.jpg] __ 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: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
[cg] LaGuardia Corner Garden 25th Anniversary Party
The Silver Jubilee Celebration LaGuardia Corner Garden June 4th - 4 - 8 pm Food Music 511 LaGuardia Place bet. Bleecker and Houston Streets NYC's Greenwich Village __ 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: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
[cg] Hay Day Event at LaGuardia Corner Garden
Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay HAY DAY PARTY to keep and protect the LaGuardia Place Community Garden from developers (we'll tell you who upon arrival) With family, kin, friends join us on Date: October 30, 2005 Time: 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM Place: LaGuardia Place, between Bleecker Street and Houston (one block north of SOHO). Le Venue: Make scrarecrows; you bring old clothing. We have straw to stuff them and string to keep it all together. Dunk for apples picked from our apple tree, cider with spices and other goodies. Wear a costume or make one of your wishing - meet old friends. Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Hay Day Contact Dr. Eileen J. Ain, 917-747-2890 for information RSVP __ 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: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
[cg] Website Designer
We seek designer to create a website. Our garden is endangered and we need to communicate this via the Internet. Would appreciate referrals. LaGuardia Corner Garden __ 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: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
