[Communications] Clarification of Role and Cover letter of Ill Dept of Human Services

[Lorraine Kells]

Julie, Amy, the rest of Communications

We will have a zoom meeting soon about the Water Hydrant policy.  We can
discuss our involvement in this pilot program to act as technical advisor
for faith based organizations creating or expanding community gardens. We
need to outline what that assistance is for ourselves and for the program
so that we are not out of our depth with on site assistance with
construction problems or beyond our expertise.

A cover letter probably should include what we are all about.

"Community gardeners act as neighborhood stewards of green space in our
city. These shared spaces provide social networks or norms that establish
coordinated efforts of all members of a community to support and engage in
food gardening and environmental awareness; therefore, we are willing to
work with the state of Ill. Department of Human Services on this
pilot project.

"Community gardens may benefit from technical assistance from CCGA. We can
provide technical assistance in a range of areas including composting,
plant distributions, gardening resources, and accessing additional
resources for soil, tools, materials for raised beds or tool sheds. [More
or too much??]  The attached materials may be printed for distribution.*
[Basic Steps to Starting a Community Garden, pdf of How to Collect a soil
Sample, pdf of COVID 19 & Community Gardening Gardening Guide, other?? How
do church gardens contact us?*] We have many more resources that may be
found on our website, and our network of gardeners have suitable expertise
in many gardening activities. [website url]

Beyond the scope of this project, CCGA remains a resource for additional
garden skills training and educational and information workshops. Please
visit our website to receive the CCGA newsletter and a calendar of garden
events.

We defer to the University of Illinois  Extension services for areas not
included in our assistance at this time: managing pests and diseases or
water installation and water management."


Some thoughts to keep this
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