<div><div dir="auto">FOR POSTING <b>or not</b>?? Article on Water Access Problems</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Katharine Boyda</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:katharine.boyda@gmail.com">katharine.boyda@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM<br>Subject: BCC article on Community Gardeners struggling for water access<br>To: Mamie Gray <<a href="mailto:mamiegray2012@gmail.com">mamiegray2012@gmail.com</a>>, Marsan, Meg <<a href="mailto:mmarsan@illinois.edu">mmarsan@illinois.edu</a>></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_5057690243959448754WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif">Hi Mamie and Meg,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif">Am sharing the BCC article on Chicago’s strangulation of water access for community gardeners.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif"><a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/25/south-side-community-gardens-need-water-access-from-the-city-but-getting-it-is-a-struggle/" target="_blank">https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/25/south-side-community-gardens-need-water-access-from-the-city-but-getting-it-is-a-struggle/</a></span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif">We’re all painfully aware how restricting water access has deeply hurt the public gardens. Surely we can find a better way.  My heart aches;-(</span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif">Anything we can collectively do—will help in any way possible,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Bright",serif">Katharine</span></p></div></div></div></div>