[Communications] Number of gardens supported by CCGA

[Amy Olson]

Sure, Mamie, that would be great if you could call Pat. 
Our number does not have to be exact, but I definitely want to be in the ballpark! I’ll stay tuned.

Thanks!
Amy

> On Mar 9, 2021, at 3:14 PM, Mamie Gray <mamiegray2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well, Amy, I was meeting with JW today who is running late. We may not meet until 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. Bottom line, your estimates are as good as mind without my creating a chart that lists gardens and addresses, then determining in which ward each is located. Although your idea is a great one, time is needed to even get close to accuracy or a “guestimate” (gardens are added and removed from the list). I would also find it necessary to check my info with someone like Pat Hart who has gardens 
> on both the west and south sides. Pat has  the big picture when it comes to Chicago gardening. If you do not mind, I will call Pat to get her impressions and compare them with my own. Please let me know if this approach will be OK. Mamie  
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> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 12:08 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com <mailto:akeo at me.com>> wrote:
> Yes, it would :) 
> 
> The timetable is that I think the goal is to wrap up edits of the CCGA recommendations this evening. 
> 
> I looked a the registration form for the 2020 conference which has the drop down menu of all the community gardens that have participated in the conferences - and that number is 320. I’m not sure how many wards that covers. If you log in to the CCGA Google account, you can see it here: https://forms.gle/1jQW8XNRoe9vTRXj7 <https://forms.gle/1jQW8XNRoe9vTRXj7>
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> How about this?
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> CCGA is composed of gardeners representing over 320 community gardens in nearly all 50 wards of Chicago, who garden both at home and in a community garden setting.  
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> I also looked at the Plant Medicine exhibit on the Field Museum website, which has the study that involved CCGA gardens, and it list this:
> “there are about 870 community gardens and urban farms across Chicago, creating shared spaces where strangers can become neighbors.”  
> 
> 870-320 leaves 550 - some of which must be gardens vs farms. But I think we should stick to community gardens and what we can back up - which is our past conference registrations.
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> So, if we could estimate the number of wards these gardens represent, I think that would get the message across that it’s A LOT of people and city-wide. It would be awesome to create a map from the gardens in the 2020 reg form list at some point.
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> Amy
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>> On Mar 9, 2021, at 11:16 AM, Mamie Gray <mamiegray2012 at gmail.com <mailto:mamiegray2012 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Wow, Amy! That would be a fantastic record to compile. I understand that you want this information as soon as possible, but what is your timetable? Mamie
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>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 10:14 AM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com <mailto:akeo at me.com>> wrote:
>> Hi Mamie,
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>> Hope you’re doing well. Do you have an idea of the number of gardens and how many wards are represented  through the resources plant distributions in general?  We’re working on a document of recommendations for the Native Garden Registry ordinance and it was suggested to include something like this:
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>> CCGA is composed of gardeners representing xx gardens in xx wards who garden both at home and in a community garden setting.  
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>> It’s hard to determine this because we don’t have membership. But we do advocate and support all community gardens!
>> 
>> Amy
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