<div dir="ltr">Please do NOT reply all so as to not send email to Michael Steward in error. The last line of the email was cut off. It should have read Please note in the scope of the project all that is expected of the new or expanding gardens.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lorraine Kells</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com">lxkells@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:38 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: Community Gardens<br>To: JW Glass via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>>, Amy OLSON <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com">akeo@me.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><br>I am forwarding the email I received from Michael Steward in follow-up to a couple of phone calls to the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Family & Community Services, Office of Adult Services & Basic Support after Communications received their email of July 29 in which Dan Blair stated they were looking for a Technical Advisor that could assist and advise the churches in this pilot program and wondered if the Chicago Community Gardeners Association could help with this initiative to ameliorate injustice and food insecurity that has affected Black and Brown neighborhoods. Eight to ten faith based organizations have been selected. We don't have their names..<div><br></div><div>My initial phone calls were to sort through the details and not intended to keep anyone out of the loop. Perhaps we should have more email discussion about this and definitely bring it to the Zoom meeting early next week for an additional motion to discuss and adopt. We could then put together a cover letter/email stating our role and especially recommending that all work be done by and for the gardeners in the proposed green spaces. </div><div><br></div><div>As you see from the email below, I told Michael we'd participate and may be advisors in the plural as some gardens may need more help than others. </div><div><br></div><div>We would:</div><div><ol><li>Provide a basic manual with steps to starting a community garden for those churches who elect to do that. The same manual will also be useful for churches which want to expand their existing community gardens, especially those adding ADA compliant beds. Julie is working on revising an existing, excellent and very thorough manual to update information and tailor it to this pilot. </li><li>Provide information about soil and estimates for cost if possible. JW has such a list and will be sending it out.</li><li>Provide resources for soil testing (waiting for response from UI's Andrew Margenot) </li><li>Provide COVID safe gardening guidelines</li><li>Provide a basic materials list and some cost estimates. We already have good information but it's not in coherent form, so maybe Amy can make it look better.</li></ol><div>The money will go out to selected faith based organizations in Sept and must be spent by Dec 30. These churches must present a proposal of how they will spend their money, which is where our advice is needed now, so I did tell Michael we'd try to get information to him next week. </div><div><br></div><div>Happy to hear from anyone.</div><div>Lorraine</div><div><br></div><div>Please note in the </div> ---------- Forwarded message ---------<div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Steward, Michael</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Michael.Steward@illinois.gov" target="_blank">Michael.Steward@illinois.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 12:59 PM<br>Subject: Community Gardens<br>To: <a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Blair, Dan <<a href="mailto:Dan.Blair@illinois.gov" target="_blank">Dan.Blair@illinois.gov</a>>, Sanchez-Jones, Eva <<a href="mailto:Eva.Sanchez-Jones@illinois.gov" target="_blank">Eva.Sanchez-Jones@illinois.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>
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Good afternoon Lorraine,</div>
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It was great speaking with you today about our pilot community gardens project. Thank you for Chicago Community Gardeners Association agreeing to serve as the technical advisor for this project. We look forward to working with you. <b>Attached you'll find our
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Per our conversation, I look forward to getting the manual and a cost breakdown for starting a garden.</div>
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Thanks for all your help, Lorraine.</div>
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