<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Marsha - I haven’t sent a draft yet, but will today for sure. Thanks for your patience!<div><br></div><div>If you’re not busy this evening, join us for Veggie Bingo! Tonight’s game is in support of CCGA. Here are the details: <a href="http://neighbor-space.org/veggiebingo/">http://neighbor-space.org/veggiebingo/</a></div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>.…….…</div><div>amy olson</div><div>sent via iphone</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 26, 2020, at 15:27, Marsha Wyatt <mkwyatt1@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Greetings friends !<div>Just checking as I never received a DRAFT of the newsletter last week and I haven't received a newsletter either. I know that there were some last minute things going on, and just making sure that's the reason and that my email at home and the garden is not the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>We have had the WORST time the last few days with the Garden email refusing to deliver emails -- seems to be a server issue with multiple carriers.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Marsha</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:22 PM Marsha Wyatt <<a href="mailto:mkwyatt1@gmail.com">mkwyatt1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Amy -<div>thanks SO much !</div><div>Marsha</div><div>630-210-1589</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:07 PM Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Thanks Marsha!<div><br></div><div>I’ll send you our draft of your article for the newsletter and website tomorrow so you can take a look.</div><div><br></div><div>Amy<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Marsha Wyatt <<a href="mailto:mkwyatt1@gmail.com" target="_blank">mkwyatt1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">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><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><span style="font-size:large">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></div><div><span style="font-size:large">This is the first public art project funded by CHCS.</span></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">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">Cumulatively, the students worked over 200 hours, with Anne investing many more. </span><span style="font-size:large">Students were paid $10/hour for their efforts in this educational program.</span></div></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">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><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Facebook: Maxwell Street Community Garden</font></div><div><font size="4">You Tube: Take a quick Tour of The Garden, or view the Dedication Ceremony at using these links:</font></div><div>1 minute Garden video<div><a href="https://youtu.be/XvBJaXn_m44" rel="noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Roboto,Noto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:nowrap" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XvBJaXn_m44</a></div><div><br></div><div>7 minute presentation video</div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/1Yp4pxfwrP0" rel="noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Roboto,Noto,sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:nowrap" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/1Yp4pxfwrP0</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Photos attached.</font></div><div><font size="4">1-15th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez with Anne Farley Gaines and Marsha Wyatt</font></div><div><font size="4">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><font size="4">3-Marsha Wyatt and Commander Shemash</font></div><div><font size="4">4-Anne Gaines and Marsha Wyatt tell history of Project. </font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div></div>
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