From lxkells at gmail.com Tue Sep 7 12:01:08 2021 From: lxkells at gmail.com (Lorraine Kells) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 12:01:08 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] Fwd: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry folks, I got the committee name reversed in the previous email. This should reach you. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lorraine Kells Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 11:40 AM Subject: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 To: JW Glass via Communications , Marsha Wyatt , Paula Acevedo , ? CCGA / Resources committee email , ? CCGA / Education committee email , < outreach_advocacy at chicagocommunitygarden.org>, ? CCGA / Finance committee email , Amy OLSON Hello all, I hope everyone is looking forward to our first scheduled in person CCGA coordinating meeting which is nominally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 21. It would be cool to meet on the eve of the autumnal equinox?also called the September equinox or fall equinox?which arrives on Wednesday, September 22 at 3:20 P.M. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere. The equinox occurs at the same moment worldwide. Wow, very precise We should meet outside, so I'm hoping this advance email will bring us an invitation from a garden that can host a small group, 10 or so people. Please respond to the Communications email if you will attend an outdoor meeting and if you know of a garden with lighting (maybe even some seating) for our evening meeting. More information and agenda will follow. Hope to see everyone again. Lorraine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lxkells at gmail.com Tue Sep 7 14:27:07 2021 From: lxkells at gmail.com (Lorraine Kells) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 14:27:07 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] Fwd: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Forward message below ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lorraine Kells Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 2:17 PM Subject: Re: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 To: JW Glass via Communications , Marsha Wyatt , Paula Acevedo , ? CCGA / Resources committee email , ? CCGA / Education committee email , < outreach_advocacy at chicagocommunitygarden.org>, ? CCGA / Finance committee email , Amy OLSON It looks like we have an invitation from El Paseo for Tuesday, 9/21. More later. On Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 11:40 AM Lorraine Kells wrote: > Hello all, > > I hope everyone is looking forward to our first scheduled in person CCGA > coordinating meeting which is nominally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 21. It > would be cool to meet on the eve of the autumnal equinox?also called the September > equinox or fall equinox?which arrives on Wednesday, September 22 at 3:20 > P.M. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere. The equinox occurs at the same > moment worldwide. Wow, very precise > > We should meet outside, so I'm hoping this advance email will bring us an > invitation from a garden that can host a small group, 10 or so people. > > Please respond to the Communications email if you will attend an outdoor > meeting and if you know of a garden with lighting (maybe even some seating) > for our evening meeting. More information and agenda will follow. > > Hope to see everyone again. > Lorraine > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From james.wesley.glass at gmail.com Thu Sep 9 20:11:07 2021 From: james.wesley.glass at gmail.com (JW Glass) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 20:11:07 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] Fwd: [Communications] Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: fyi... ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: JW Glass Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [Communications] Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 To: Paula Acevedo Cc: Lorraine Kells , ? CCGA / Education committee email < Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org>, JW Glass via Communications < communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org>, < outreach_advocacy at chicagocommunitygarden.org>, Marsha Wyatt < mkwyatt1 at gmail.com>, ? CCGA / Resources committee email < resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org>, ? CCGA / Finance committee email < finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org> Hi Paula, CCGA would like to take you up on the offer to meet at El Paseo garden on Tuesday the 21st. Our meetings usually start at 6pm. Can you confirm there are enough lights for us to write and take notes? Will you be there when we are meeting? And...is there anything else we need to do before we send out a meeting reminder? Thanks so much for your offer. JW Glass On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 1:40 PM Paula Acevedo via Communications < communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: > I have another meeting Wednesday at 3, but can be available Tuesday. You > are always welcome to meet at El Paseo Community Garden either day. > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 11:40 AM Lorraine Kells wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I hope everyone is looking forward to our first scheduled in person CCGA >> coordinating meeting which is nominally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 21. It >> would be cool to meet on the eve of the autumnal equinox?also called the September >> equinox or fall equinox?which arrives on Wednesday, September 22 at 3:20 >> P.M. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere. The equinox occurs at the same >> moment worldwide. Wow, very precise >> >> We should meet outside, so I'm hoping this advance email will bring us an >> invitation from a garden that can host a small group, 10 or so people. >> >> Please respond to the Communications email if you will attend an outdoor >> meeting and if you know of a garden with lighting (maybe even some seating) >> for our evening meeting. More information and agenda will follow. >> >> Hope to see everyone again. >> Lorraine >> > -- > Communications mailing list > Communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org > > http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/communications_chicagocommunitygardens.org > -- JW Glass Chicago, Illinois 312.498.3889 | james.wesley.glass at gmail.com -- JW Glass Chicago, Illinois 312.498.3889 | james.wesley.glass at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It makes the > best copy! > > Lorraine > -- > Education mailing list > Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org > > http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/education_chicagocommunitygardens.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_123923953.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2671363 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It makes >> the best copy! >> >> Lorraine >> -- >> Education mailing list >> Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/education_chicagocommunitygardens.org >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_123923953.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2671363 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_50458369.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 3887805 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mamiegray2012 at gmail.com Fri Sep 17 06:15:03 2021 From: mamiegray2012 at gmail.com (Mamie Gray) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:15:03 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] [Resources] [Education] Photos of your tree ripe fruit for Newsletter In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: These peaches are from the Velma Johnson Memorial Garden and were freely shared at the Back to School event on Saturday, August 28, on Douglass Boulevard in the 24th Ward in North Lawndale. At the table, children are painting flower pots and pictures. Mamie On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:43 PM Lorraine Kells via Resources < resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: > Just WOW > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 8:20 PM kuumba treahm > wrote: > >> The Kuumba Tre-Ahm Community Garden >> >> Image 1: Newly installed spiral herb garden >> >> Image 2: 30lbs of peaches picked from the KTA Community Garden peach tree >> and sold at The Garfield Park Neighborhood Market >> >> >> Gina >> >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 17:32 Lorraine Kells via Education < >> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> A newsletter is truly in the works, but we'd love to show off some of >>> your tree ripened fruit. Any other harvest you want to show off. It makes >>> the best copy! >>> >>> Lorraine >>> -- >>> Education mailing list >>> Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/education_chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >> -- > Resources mailing list > Resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org > > http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/resources_chicagocommunitygardens.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_123923953.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2671363 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_50458369.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 3887805 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image_6487327.JPG Type: image/jpg Size: 941252 bytes Desc: not available URL: From lxkells at gmail.com Fri Sep 17 09:29:51 2021 From: lxkells at gmail.com (Lorraine Kells) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:29:51 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] [Resources] [Education] Photos of your tree ripe fruit for Newsletter In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Thank you Mamie, There is a section in the Newsletter, "From the Gardens". It usually lists tours and such?, but adding photos brings much more engagement. Lorraine On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 6:15 AM Mamie Gray wrote: > These peaches are from the Velma Johnson Memorial Garden and were freely > shared at the Back to School event on Saturday, August 28, on Douglass > Boulevard in the 24th Ward in North Lawndale. At the table, children are > painting flower pots and pictures. Mamie > > > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 8:43 PM Lorraine Kells via Resources < > resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: > >> Just WOW >> >> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 8:20 PM kuumba treahm >> wrote: >> >>> The Kuumba Tre-Ahm Community Garden >>> >>> Image 1: Newly installed spiral herb garden >>> >>> Image 2: 30lbs of peaches picked from the KTA Community Garden peach >>> tree and sold at The Garfield Park Neighborhood Market >>> >>> >>> Gina >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 17:32 Lorraine Kells via Education < >>> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> A newsletter is truly in the works, but we'd love to show off some of >>>> your tree ripened fruit. Any other harvest you want to show off. 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As an additional reminder, the 5 CCGA mailing lists are: resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org education at chicagocommunitygardens.org advocacy-outreach at chicagocommunitygardens.org communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org JW Glass Communications Team Volunteer -- JW Glass Chicago, Illinois 312.498.3889 | james.wesley.glass at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mkwyatt1 at gmail.com Sun Sep 19 21:23:47 2021 From: mkwyatt1 at gmail.com (Marsha Wyatt) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:23:47 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] [Education] From CCGA - Coordinating In-Person Meeting REMINDER - Tuesday September 21 at 6PM In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Is there a back-up plan for bad weather?? There's rain and storms forecast for Tuesday as of this point. Happy to be a "weather contact" in the area, as I live nearby but I think we'd really best have a plan and notify everyone by 4 pm of where to "be" at 6 pm. Best, Marsha 630-210-1589 On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:19 PM JW Glass via Education < education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > This is a reminder that the next CCGA coordinating meeting is TUESDAY > September 21 at 6pm. > > Our meeting is in a real place. The location is El Paseo Community Garden, > 944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608. The meeting will start at 6pm sharp. 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Message-ID: Marsha, You're correct. Thanks for pointing that out; I guess we have only one contingency at this late date and that is zoom. So JW if there is rain by 4-5pm, we'll need to send out alternate zoom meeting information, don't you think? Lorraine On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:24 PM Marsha Wyatt via Communications < communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: > Is there a back-up plan for bad weather?? There's rain and storms > forecast for Tuesday as of this point. > Happy to be a "weather contact" in the area, as I live nearby but I think > we'd really best have a plan and notify everyone by 4 pm of where to "be" > at 6 pm. > > Best, > Marsha > 630-210-1589 > > > > On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:19 PM JW Glass via Education < > education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> This is a reminder that the next CCGA coordinating meeting is TUESDAY >> September 21 at 6pm. >> >> Our meeting is in a real place. The location is El Paseo Community >> Garden, 944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608. The meeting will start at 6pm >> sharp. An agenda is being assembled and will be sent out before the >> meeting. >> >> As an additional reminder, the 5 CCGA mailing lists are: >> >> resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> advocacy-outreach at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> >> JW Glass >> >> Communications Team Volunteer >> >> >> -- >> JW Glass >> Chicago, Illinois >> 312.498.3889 | james.wesley.glass at gmail.com >> >> >> -- >> Education mailing list >> Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/education_chicagocommunitygardens.org >> > -- > Communications mailing list > Communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org > > http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/communications_chicagocommunitygardens.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mkwyatt1 at gmail.com Sun Sep 19 23:22:26 2021 From: mkwyatt1 at gmail.com (Marsha Wyatt) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:22:26 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] [Communications] [Education] From CCGA - Coordinating In-Person Meeting REMINDER - Tuesday September 21 at 6PM In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: I will reach out to the 012 Community Policing Office on Blue Island @ Racine and see if the Community Room is available for Tuesday.. It's a Very Large Room and we would be appropriately distanced there. I'll send an email tonite and see if I can get a response tomorrow from someone - not all of the officers are "in" on Mondays....many work Tues through Saturday due to the large number of weekend community activities. Will be in touch Marsha On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:43 PM Lorraine Kells wrote: > Marsha, > > You're correct. Thanks for pointing that out; I guess we have only one > contingency at this late date and that is zoom. So JW if there is rain by > 4-5pm, we'll need to send out alternate zoom meeting information, don't you > think? > > Lorraine > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:24 PM Marsha Wyatt via Communications < > communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: > >> Is there a back-up plan for bad weather?? There's rain and storms >> forecast for Tuesday as of this point. >> Happy to be a "weather contact" in the area, as I live nearby but I think >> we'd really best have a plan and notify everyone by 4 pm of where to "be" >> at 6 pm. >> >> Best, >> Marsha >> 630-210-1589 >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:19 PM JW Glass via Education < >> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> This is a reminder that the next CCGA coordinating meeting is TUESDAY >>> September 21 at 6pm. >>> >>> Our meeting is in a real place. The location is El Paseo Community >>> Garden, 944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608. The meeting will start at >>> 6pm sharp. An agenda is being assembled and will be sent out before the >>> meeting. >>> >>> As an additional reminder, the 5 CCGA mailing lists are: >>> >>> resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> advocacy-outreach at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> >>> JW Glass >>> >>> Communications Team Volunteer >>> >>> >>> -- >>> JW Glass >>> Chicago, Illinois >>> 312.498.3889 | james.wesley.glass at gmail.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Education mailing list >>> Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/education_chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >> -- >> Communications mailing list >> Communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org >> >> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/communications_chicagocommunitygardens.org >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lxkells at gmail.com Mon Sep 20 09:11:46 2021 From: lxkells at gmail.com (Lorraine Kells) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:11:46 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] [Communications] [Education] From CCGA - Coordinating In-Person Meeting REMINDER - Tuesday September 21 at 6PM In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Marsha, Just a thought, but if there is rain, zoom is better. At least two people would be biking except for the rain. Even if it's indoors, rain will prevent them from attending. Also May would be able to attend the zoom meeting. The alternate of zoom may be better. Lorraine Lorraine On Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 11:22 PM Marsha Wyatt wrote: > I will reach out to the 012 Community Policing Office on Blue Island @ > Racine and see if the Community Room is available for Tuesday.. It's a > Very Large Room and we would be appropriately distanced there. I'll send > an email tonite and see if I can get a response tomorrow from someone - not > all of the officers are "in" on Mondays....many work Tues through Saturday > due to the large number of weekend community activities. > > Will be in touch > > Marsha > > > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:43 PM Lorraine Kells wrote: > >> Marsha, >> >> You're correct. Thanks for pointing that out; I guess we have only one >> contingency at this late date and that is zoom. So JW if there is rain by >> 4-5pm, we'll need to send out alternate zoom meeting information, don't you >> think? >> >> Lorraine >> >> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:24 PM Marsha Wyatt via Communications < >> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: >> >>> Is there a back-up plan for bad weather?? There's rain and storms >>> forecast for Tuesday as of this point. >>> Happy to be a "weather contact" in the area, as I live nearby but I >>> think we'd really best have a plan and notify everyone by 4 pm of where to >>> "be" at 6 pm. >>> >>> Best, >>> Marsha >>> 630-210-1589 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:19 PM JW Glass via Education < >>> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> This is a reminder that the next CCGA coordinating meeting is TUESDAY >>>> September 21 at 6pm. >>>> >>>> Our meeting is in a real place. The location is El Paseo Community >>>> Garden, 944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608. The meeting will start at >>>> 6pm sharp. An agenda is being assembled and will be sent out before the >>>> meeting. >>>> >>>> As an additional reminder, the 5 CCGA mailing lists are: >>>> >>>> resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> >>>> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> >>>> advocacy-outreach at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> >>>> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> >>>> finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> >>>> >>>> JW Glass >>>> >>>> Communications Team Volunteer >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> JW Glass >>>> Chicago, Illinois >>>> 312.498.3889 | james.wesley.glass at gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Education mailing list >>>> Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> >>>> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/education_chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> >>> -- >>> Communications mailing list >>> Communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >>> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/communications_chicagocommunitygardens.org >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The alternate of zoom may be better. > > Lorraine > > Lorraine > >> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 11:22 PM Marsha Wyatt wrote: >> I will reach out to the 012 Community Policing Office on Blue Island @ Racine and see if the Community Room is available for Tuesday.. It's a Very Large Room and we would be appropriately distanced there. I'll send an email tonite and see if I can get a response tomorrow from someone - not all of the officers are "in" on Mondays....many work Tues through Saturday due to the large number of weekend community activities. >> >> Will be in touch >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:43 PM Lorraine Kells wrote: >>> Marsha, >>> >>> You're correct. Thanks for pointing that out; I guess we have only one contingency at this late date and that is zoom. So JW if there is rain by 4-5pm, we'll need to send out alternate zoom meeting information, don't you think? >>> >>> Lorraine >>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:24 PM Marsha Wyatt via Communications wrote: >>>> Is there a back-up plan for bad weather?? There's rain and storms forecast for Tuesday as of this point. >>>> Happy to be a "weather contact" in the area, as I live nearby but I think we'd really best have a plan and notify everyone by 4 pm of where to "be" at 6 pm. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Marsha >>>> 630-210-1589 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 3:19 PM JW Glass via Education wrote: >>>>> Hello All, >>>>> >>>>> This is a reminder that the next CCGA coordinating meeting is TUESDAY September 21 at 6pm. >>>>> >>>>> Our meeting is in a real place. The location is El Paseo Community Garden, 944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608. The meeting will start at 6pm sharp. An agenda is being assembled and will be sent out before the meeting. >>>>> >>>>> As an additional reminder, the 5 CCGA mailing lists are: >>>>> >>>>> resources at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>>> education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>>> advocacy-outreach at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>>> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>>> finance at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> JW Glass >>>>> Communications Team Volunteer >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> JW Glass >>>>> Chicago, Illinois >>>>> 312.498.3889 | james.wesley.glass at gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Education mailing list >>>>> Education at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>>> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/education_chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> -- >>>> Communications mailing list >>>> Communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org >>>> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/communications_chicagocommunitygardens.org > -- > Communications mailing list > Communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org > http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/mailman/listinfo/communications_chicagocommunitygardens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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When we first moved in beautiful grass was being maintained by the previous owner then we and many other neighbors maintained theirs. Prairie grass grew snd they use to tractor cut it couple times a year. It was beautiful. I recently planted perennial plants snd seeds way out there for next year. I was so upset the other day when the city, ordered by Moe the super of them 14th ward ordered it be sprayed with poison. I had a lengthy discussion with him yesterday and he ?was sorry? but said the weeds need to be sprayed so they don?t grow. I?m so upset obviously because between the airport, railroad, cars, lack of trees or evergreens we are living in a very toxic environment. Thankfully I diffuse D?TERRA essential oil?s indoors but I don?t see why prairie grass can?t grow then perhaps again like before. I need your help to fight back. I have several interested neighbors and people from along the railroad property that runs east and west by 60th or so. Nobody wants poison sprayed. A pregnant lady had a headache he another neighbor was sneezing. It?s not ideal in our climate now to be spraying toxins to stop greenery. If anything they need evergreens out there which would prevent weeds. I spoke to him about it. Of course he sounded like he was interested but I?m not enough of a voice, although I do know Moe a little as my husband works for the ward office part time. Moe said prairie grass is a place for rats to hide. Too me, that is not enough of a reason to spray poison. What say you and how can you help? Please!!! Mary Kay Rosado Have a good evening, Amy on behalf of the CCGA communications team ?. amy olson (she/her) designer + grower akeo at me.com 312.925.2148 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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CCGA did help recently to pass a Native and Pollinator registry ordinance that helps to protect community gardens from action from Streets and Sans. If the land belongs to the City, there is a possibility of the City turning the land over to the Park District and building a native garden there...this garden can either be a park district community garden where the community would maintain the garden or just a native garden park where the park district would maintain the land but this will be harder to achieve. If the Chicago Park District is not interested in taking over the land, the other option is to have the City transfer the land to Neighborspace, a land trust for community gardens. If the land belongs to the City, we can also help to advocate for city funding to convert the land to a community garden. There is no funding for on-going maintenance which is why there needs to be a group of neighbors from the community who are willing to help maintain the garden. If the land belongs to the railroad, we could help to get an agreement to allow the community to run a community garden on that land but City funds are not typically available for railroad land. CCGA's resource committee has many plant distributions throughout the year for community gardens. Please let us know if this sounds like something you and your neighbors would be interested in pursuing. Thanks. May The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. Do not share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur again. On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 7:09 PM Amy Olson wrote: > Hello Mary Kay, > > I?m connecting you with our Advocacy and Outreach team and May Toy, a CCGA > member who has been instrumental in the creation of a new ordinance > protecting native gardens in Chicago. Do you happen to know who owns this > land? Do you have any photos of the site? > > May and advocacy team - below is Mary Kay?s message to us about the > unfortunate spraying of weed killer on the prairie land near the railroad > at S. Knox from 63rd to 67th. > > Hi, I live at 6408 S Knox for 40 years. Our garage alley is up against the > prairie land now owned by the city and part near railroad is railroad > owned. From 63rd -67th st behind S Knox. When we first moved in beautiful > grass was being maintained by the previous owner then we and many other > neighbors maintained theirs. Prairie grass grew snd they use to tractor cut > it couple times a year. It was beautiful. I recently planted perennial > plants snd seeds way out there for next year. I was so upset the other day > when the city, ordered by Moe the super of them 14th ward ordered it be > sprayed with poison. I had a lengthy discussion with him yesterday and he > ?was sorry? but said the weeds need to be sprayed so they don?t grow. I?m > so upset obviously because between the airport, railroad, cars, lack of > trees or evergreens we are living in a very toxic environment. Thankfully I > diffuse D?TERRA essential oil?s indoors but I don?t see why prairie grass > can?t grow then perhaps again like before. I need your help to fight back. > I have several interested neighbors and people from along the railroad > property that runs east and west by 60th or so. Nobody wants poison > sprayed. A pregnant lady had a headache he another neighbor was sneezing. > It?s not ideal in our climate now to be spraying toxins to stop greenery. > If anything they need evergreens [image: ?] out there which would > prevent weeds. I spoke to him about it. Of course he sounded like he was > interested but I?m not enough of a voice, although I do know Moe a little > as my husband works for the ward office part time. Moe said prairie grass > is a place for rats to hide. Too me, that is not enough of a reason to > spray poison. What say you and how can you help? Please!!! Mary Kay Rosado > > Have a good evening, > Amy > > on behalf of the CCGA communications team > > ?. > > amy olson (she/her) > designer + grower > akeo at me.com > 312.925.2148 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From montrosemetragardens at gmail.com Tue Sep 28 17:31:23 2021 From: montrosemetragardens at gmail.com (Montrose Metra Community Gardens) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:31:23 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] Water Source In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sure Lorraine! I'm always happy to speak to another community garden! I believe between myself and Neighborspace we can help. Neighborspace and our alderman were key in the securing of our property. I'm curious why the subject of your email was water source? Let me know and thanks! I'm free most Fridays as its a work from home day for me. -Kasey On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 9:45 AM Lorraine Kells wrote: > Hello, > > CCGA was recently approached by someone who, along with neighbors, have > tended a scrap of prairie near 63-67 S Knox along the railroad. > > They might benefit from your development of a community garden along the > Metra tracks. I know you had strong support from your alderperson too. > > Would someone from Montrose Metra be interested in an e-introduction with > these folks? The intent would be for someone from your garden to offer > information and advice about how to secure the property for community > gardening. > > Regards, > Lorraine Kells > CCGA Communications Team > Co-chair, Education Committee > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lxkells at gmail.com Tue Sep 7 12:01:08 2021 From: lxkells at gmail.com (Lorraine Kells) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 12:01:08 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] Fwd: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry folks, I got the committee name reversed in the previous email. This should reach you. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lorraine Kells Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 11:40 AM Subject: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 To: JW Glass via Communications , Marsha Wyatt , Paula Acevedo , ? CCGA / Resources committee email , ? CCGA / Education committee email , < outreach_advocacy at chicagocommunitygarden.org>, ? CCGA / Finance committee email , Amy OLSON Hello all, I hope everyone is looking forward to our first scheduled in person CCGA coordinating meeting which is nominally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 21. It would be cool to meet on the eve of the autumnal equinox?also called the September equinox or fall equinox?which arrives on Wednesday, September 22 at 3:20 P.M. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere. The equinox occurs at the same moment worldwide. Wow, very precise We should meet outside, so I'm hoping this advance email will bring us an invitation from a garden that can host a small group, 10 or so people. Please respond to the Communications email if you will attend an outdoor meeting and if you know of a garden with lighting (maybe even some seating) for our evening meeting. More information and agenda will follow. Hope to see everyone again. Lorraine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lxkells at gmail.com Tue Sep 7 14:27:07 2021 From: lxkells at gmail.com (Lorraine Kells) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 14:27:07 -0500 Subject: [Advocacy-outreach] Fwd: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Forward message below ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lorraine Kells Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 2:17 PM Subject: Re: Seeking community garden with lighting for CCGA meeting Sept 21 To: JW Glass via Communications , Marsha Wyatt , Paula Acevedo , ? CCGA / Resources committee email , ? CCGA / Education committee email , < outreach_advocacy at chicagocommunitygarden.org>, ? CCGA / Finance committee email , Amy OLSON It looks like we have an invitation from El Paseo for Tuesday, 9/21. More later. On Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 11:40 AM Lorraine Kells wrote: > Hello all, > > I hope everyone is looking forward to our first scheduled in person CCGA > coordinating meeting which is nominally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 21. It > would be cool to meet on the eve of the autumnal equinox?also called the September > equinox or fall equinox?which arrives on Wednesday, September 22 at 3:20 > P.M. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere. The equinox occurs at the same > moment worldwide. Wow, very precise > > We should meet outside, so I'm hoping this advance email will bring us an > invitation from a garden that can host a small group, 10 or so people. > > Please respond to the Communications email if you will attend an outdoor > meeting and if you know of a garden with lighting (maybe even some seating) > for our evening meeting. 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