[cg] RE: community_garden digest, Vol 1 #1911 - 2 msgs

I want to echo don's sentiments; and add that if your goal is to get local people to change their gardening/landscaping habits to encourage more people to buy houses, which will in turn raise property values, which will in turn displace many of the lower-income residents of said neighborhood (ie. g

[cg] Community Garden Game

Hi All, Wondering if the Community Garden Game is still available and wondering if anyone has used it, if its worthy? Thanks, Judy Tiger Washington, DC

Re: [cg] RE: community_garden digest, Vol 1 #1911 - 2 msgs

Thanks for the feedback. That is certainly a legitimate concern. However, here in Hartford we have among the lowest home ownership rates of any city in the country, and our municipal government and schools are dependent upon property tax for survival. If we don't increase home ownership rates

[cg] Poor People Deserve A Nice Place to Live. Just like rich folks

One of the great things about the Whitmire Community Gardening and Greening Study being done under the aegis of Gateway Greening in St. Louis, ( WhitmireStudy.html ) is that these self-help efforts stabilize poor neighborhoods. And in my experience, organized groups of tenants/renters who work