<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Marsha!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll send you our draft of your article for the newsletter and website tomorrow so you can take a look.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Amy<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Marsha Wyatt <<a href="mailto:mkwyatt1@gmail.com" class="">mkwyatt1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Commander Gabriella Shemash of 012 District Chicago Police Department joined Marsha Wyatt, Garden co-president, Anne Farley Gaines, mural program director, gardeners and members of the community to "cut the ribbon" to dedicate the new Welcome Garden Mural "Continuous Growth" on August 11th.</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size:large" class="">This was the first of three murals to be created at The Maxwell Street Community Garden. Pilsen artist Anne Farley Gaines designed the Continous Growth mural series last summer as a way to beautify the concrete barriers that were left on the property by CHA. With Anne's help, MSCG applied for and secured a Grant from Chicago Housing Community Services (CHCS), a new arm of CHA, in spring of 2020 for $5000 to cover the cost of the first mural.</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:large" class="">This is the first public art project funded by CHCS.</span></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Students who live nearby and worked on previous murals with Anne at Jane Addams Community Center on Loomis were selected to work on this project to teach them advanced mosaic skills. Students Andrew Epps, Brianna and Marshanda Norwood and Jade Shumpert worked individually and collaboratively, beginning with supplies at home in April during the shelter-in-place order and moving to the Garden in May. </font><span style="font-size:large" class="">Cumulatively, the students worked over 200 hours, with Anne investing many more. </span><span style="font-size:large" class="">Students were paid $10/hour for their efforts in this educational program.</span></div></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">The Garden's partnership and friendship with 012 Community Policing is important, as our greenspace provides not only a place for members to grow fresh vegetables for their families and to share with our community neighbors, but a place where the community comes together to beautify the land through planting, growing, and now creating art. During the pandemic Maxwell Garden has provided a safe place for members, friends and neighbors to gather outdoors to visit or share a meal, for book clubs and other community organizations to meet in a safe, socially distanced manner. We've seen so many "new faces" this season as a result, have shared much knowledge about planting and our community giving, and have gained over 12 new "friends of the garden" - people who live nearby who joined simply to help out so they can be outdoors and share our greenspace. </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Facebook: Maxwell Street Community Garden</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">You Tube: Take a quick Tour of The Garden, or view the Dedication Ceremony at using these links:</font></div><div class="">1 minute Garden video<div class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/XvBJaXn_m44" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Roboto,Noto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:nowrap" class="">https://youtu.be/XvBJaXn_m44</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">7 minute presentation video</div><div class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/1Yp4pxfwrP0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Roboto,Noto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:nowrap" class="">https://youtu.be/1Yp4pxfwrP0</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Photos attached.</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">1-15th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez with Anne Farley Gaines and Marsha Wyatt</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">2- 012 Sgt Mark Czapla, Mary Vega, Nancy Plax of Connecting4Communities, Garden co-presidents Eric McKamey and Marsha Wyatt and mascot Girl Friday </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">3-Marsha Wyatt and Commander Shemash</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">4-Anne Gaines and Marsha Wyatt tell history of Project. </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div>
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