[Advocacy-outreach] Fwd: Cook County Forest Preserve Coalition

[Lorraine Kells]

Sorry, folks there was an error in the send, but now you should have the
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From: Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 2:27 PM
Subject: Cook County Forest Preserve Coalition
To: <outreach_advocacy at chicagocommunitygarden.org>, € CCGA / Resources
committee email <resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org>, € CCGA / Education
committee email <Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org>, € CCGA / Finance
committee email <finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org>, JW Glass via
Communications <communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org>


With your votes on the motion to join the coalition and support the Cook
County Forest Preserve Referendum, CCGA is now a part of the effort to put
this referendum on the ballot. There are next steps. There will be much
discussion of this at our next in-person meeting in September. For those
who did not vote on this, it is understood that your interest in community
gardens and growing for or in them is a strict priority. No problem. For
the no votes, it is understood a vote for clean air and water, green jobs,
educational programs for kids, improved habitat for wildlife, and better
access and an improved experience for all Cook County residents and
visitors is pitched against an increase in taxes which is already difficult
for many Chicagoans.  It's going to be a struggle to see this referendum
pass. Did you know Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden are also
Forest Preserve properties? The task of educating people about this
referendum and particularly about the Cook County Forest Preserve programs,
356 of them that serve the public with hiking trails, public pools, golf
courses, picnic and playing field areas and more, lots more is something
CCGA can do.  What does it have to do with CCGA?  With our new Outreach and
Advocacy Committee, CCGA is becoming a stronger voice for greenspace and
connecting people to nature.

There are three active committees in this coalition, and we are asked to
send representatives to one or more of them.The *steering committee* meets
every other Monday from 3-4pm currently and will until the end of the
referendum, possibly more as we get close.

The *coalition building committee*, which you may want to join, meets every
Wednesday from 9-9:30am currently and will until the end of the referendum
I believe.

The *communications committee* will meet beginning in fall date TBD every
other week at a day and time TBD

For the Finance committee there is no information as yet.

If you would like to represent CCGA please let me know and more information
will be available.  If you know someone not receiving this email who'd be a
good choice to represent CCGA, please respond with reply to nominate that
person so we can be in touch.

So it seems it is all coming together slowly for now. The Board Meeting on
the 27th, tomorrow will probably do a lot to move everything forward.


Regards,
Lorraine
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