<div dir="auto">I think bring BUG back is a good idea. We should talk more about it.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 10:57 PM Julie Samuels <<a href="mailto:jsamuels1966@gmail.com">jsamuels1966@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Yes, Angela I agree that Greencorps could help "build" once the garden folks know what they want to design and build and after they have started their garden <b>members</b> group. It would be an effective collaborative relationship. So I think we should start a class like the one we had ...... since the 1990's . In the meantime we should send interested folks the manual (whatever we think is the best final copy) via the internet.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><i>Julie</i></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:06 PM Angela Taylor via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Also we should consider referring folks to the new greencorp located on the southside. Just a thought.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:01 PM Hermitage Street Community garden via Advocacy-outreach <<a href="mailto:advocacy-outreach@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">advocacy-outreach@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Sounds good to me.<br><br><div>Cordia Pugh<br>Program Director<br>Hermitage Community Gardens<br>5647 S Honore street<br>Chicago, IL 60636<br>Phone: (773) 245-3017<br>Email: <a href="mailto:hermitagestreetcommunitygarden@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">hermitagestreetcommunitygarden@gmail.com</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 1:22 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hello all, <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's not surprising that the pandemic shifted everything we knew and a surge in gardening happened, offering a balm; <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:-0.165px">it helped to keep people from worry and helped them become more resilient.</span> There's email to CCGA Communcations and Education with requests for help starting new community gardens in Chicago. We will all likely need to pitch in if the requests keep coming this fast. <font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.165px">Julie wrote a helpful manual on how to start a garden and it's on our website </span></font><a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/starting-a-community-garden/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/starting-a-community-garden/</a>. It should be easier to find rather than having to start at the top and scroll from Resources there down to DIY Guides to find it. .Do we need a uniform first response to these emails to gather more information, using some of the questions in Julie's guide to establish common ground? These new gardens will need resources, seeds, soil, lumber...etc. Anyone interested in working on a draft from Julie's guide? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.165px">It strikes me as the very purpose of Advocacy and Outreach to help these folks get started, but the requests aren't going to them. Communications can forward them to A&O, but I think this is a multi team response. Hope you agree.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.165px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.165px">Lorraine</span></font></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 12:33 PM Hermitage Street Community garden via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello ALL, <div dir="auto">I received the following communique from a church community ORG that is interested in starting a community garden program.</div><div dir="auto">Please reach out if able to assist them.<br><br><div dir="auto">Cordia Pugh<br>Program Director<br>Hermitage Community Gardens<br>5647 S Honore street<br>Chicago, IL 60636<br>Phone: (773) 245-3017<br>Email: <a href="mailto:hermitagestreetcommunitygarden@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">hermitagestreetcommunitygarden@gmail.com</a></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 1:36 PM Cheryl Ferguson-Foster <<a href="mailto:cfergusonfoster@yahoo.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">cfergusonfoster@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">Good afternoon,</div><div dir="ltr">This email is for Cordia Pugh. </div><div dir="ltr">My name is Cheryl Foster and I'm a member of the Antioch MB Church of Chicago located at 450 W. Englewood Ave. (63rd and Stewart).</div><div dir="ltr">As per our conversation on Feb. 28, 22, our church ministries are interested in starting a community garden at 62nd and Normal in the church owned vacant lot there (I apologize for giving an incorrect address initially). We want to include the block club in the planning and maintenance as well. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My contact information as requested is:</div><div dir="ltr">Cheryl Foster</div><div dir="ltr">email- <a href="mailto:cfergusonfoster@yahoo.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">cfergusonfoster@yahoo.com</a></div><div dir="ltr">312-375-7860</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you so much, I look forward to speaking with you.</div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely, Cheryl Foster</div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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