<div dir="ltr">Hi! I want to volunteer for the North Lawndale work days, but the link is not working. Thanks.<div><br></div><div>-B</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 3:27 PM CCGA <<a href="mailto:info@chicagocommunitygardens.org">info@chicagocommunitygardens.org</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"><u></u>
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<span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif">- Barack Obama, 2020</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><em>Pictured here are young adults working with West Side gardens through the Garfield Park Community Council last summer.</em></span></span>
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<div style="text-align:left"><font face="noticia text, georgia, times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">As spring turned to summer, our support for Black lives and for the community gardening community grew and continues to grow with each day. As surely as we tend our gardens, we tend to our neighborhoods and each other, and we reaffirm that growing is an important part of creating resilient and healthy communities in Chicago.</span></font><br>
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<font face="noticia text, georgia, times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">In this issue, we have garden stories, news and updates, distribution notes, and awards to tell you about. But first, we want to share a moment we had in dialogue with founding CCGA member Angela Taylor, a committed community activist and garden leader in Garfield Park, to share some thoughts on the importance of staying focused and dedicated to our work in our communities as an antidote to the sadness and unrest that has swept through our city and country this year. </span></font><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,100,0);font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px"><strong>How does community gardening support Black lives? How do community gardens contribute to dismantling racism in our city?</strong></span><br>
<em style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px">Here at the Fulton Street Flower and Vegetable Garden, we see the color green. To be afforded the opportunity to work with young people, and watch them learn about gardening and the role farming played in our culture, and then realize the importance of growing not just food, but growing a sense of community as well is amazing to witness. All of this seems to bring about a better appreciation for life.</em><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,100,0);font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px"><strong>From your work with young people, what can you suggest that will bring us to a more creative and conscious dialogue about Black and Brown lives?</strong></span><br>
<em style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px">If we could sometimes stop talking and just listen, we could learn a lot about what the needs of others are, and become open to learning new ways of getting things done.</em><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,100,0);font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px"><strong>What are some practices for creating more loving, resilient relationships among each other in our communities as we work for and support racial justice?</strong></span><br>
<em style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px">This is a tough one, but here you go... In everything we do, we should first consider how we would want to be treated, cared for, and responded to. </em><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,100,0);font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px"><strong>In what way do you see gardens as a place for healing and empowerment?</strong></span><br>
<em style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px">Community gardens are considered a healing space. Early in the morning, before the community wakes up, taking a walk in this quiet space sets the tone for the day: Being one with the earth, becoming inspired in our day, and to clear our mind to be able focus on what is in front of us. </em></div>
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<font color="#006400" face="noticia text, georgia, times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:26px">Has your garden been affected by the 2020 Chicago Water Hydrant Policy? We want to hear from you. There is help!</span></font>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,100,0)"><em><span style="font-size:12px">Illustration by Sunshine Cahill or @sunshine.saqimax (via IG) courtesy of AUA.</span></em></span>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif">During the last few months, CCGA has heard from community gardeners that the new rules the Department of Water Management has enacted for fire hydrant water access is crippling for them. Acquiring, installing, and certifying a Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) unit for any community garden can be cost-prohibitive.<br>
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CCGA contacted Sean Ruane, the executive director of AUA (Advocates for Urban Agriculture), and we became a signatory on a letter they developed to garner public support for this issue and advocate for more inclusivity of community gardeners.<br>
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The need for advocacy for the unique water access needs of community gardens is evident. CCGA seeks to develop a position and proposal to present to the City of Chicago for long-term solutions needed by community gardeners. The increase in the fee from previous years in the new hydrant policy is not as much a hardship as are the costs of the RPZ, inspections, and liability insurance. We look forward to working collaboratively with community gardeners, AUA, the City, and others to find sustainable solutions.<br>
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<strong>There is much more to this issue, and we want to hear from more of our community gardeners!</strong> We've developed a simple survey and would greatly appreciate your participation. The goal of the survey is to gain a clearer picture of how community gardeners in Chicago access water and to determine where support is needed. </span></span><br>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif"><strong>For those who need assistance <u>now</u>,</strong> AUA has compiled a resource guide and funding to help farmers/gardeners navigate the updated policy on their website, and we encourage you follow the link below! Please reach out to us if you have any other questions at <a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>.</span></span><br>
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The competition is FREE and open to anyone who has a garden or who belongs to a garden, whether it’s a community garden, church or school garden, or even a business garden. Gardeners create one-minute videos of their gardens and upload them for the CEGA team to review them for social standards considerations, and then they are posted on the <a href="https://chicagocommunitygardens.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7f2904daf2a26a891c68f8bb0&id=a51104a9c2&e=4779f517bf" style="color:rgb(101,101,101);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">CEGA YouTube Channel</a>. Viewers then use the “thumbs up” to vote for their favorite videos and those </span></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif">that receive the most votes will be posted on the CEGA website and on its social media pages. Those gardeners will receive a certificate, and more prizes are in the works! Videos will be accepted now through <strong>September 30</strong>.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,100,0)"><span style="font-size:26px">El Paseo Community Garden is granted a Creative Placemaking Award</span></span></span>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px">El Paseo Community Garden enhances the quality of life for Pilsen residents through community building, stewardship, conservation, placemaking, partnerships, programming, and community gardening. The converted brownfield site provides opportunities to socialize with each other, plant and grow food, play, or simply be outside and enjoy the wildlife and fresh air the native plants provide. The garden and adjacent land it stewards provides over 34,000 square feet of public green space for the neighborhood and as a backyard for neighbors in the adjacent senior living and affordable housing apartments. The garden sits along a path with a monarch butterfly prairie on one side and raised beds on the other. Gardening is offered through private allotment beds or collective beds. Collective beds eliminate waiting lists for allotment beds and allow anyone to get involved. Free food beds are included on the perimeter of the collective beds for visitors. <br>
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The leadership team at El Paseo Community Garden applied for the MacArthur Foundation Creative Placemaking Award and by the end of 2019, they were notified they were finalists. On May 6th they were recognized via a virtual ceremony and awarded $15,000 along with it. The Acevedos credit their founders Sallie and Ron Gordon and their land trust, Neighborspace, for trusting them to carry on their vision. Gratitude is also expressed to all the organizations who have provided support through sponsorship, partnerships, and various donations. The success of our garden is possible by the countless volunteers that help maintain the space and provide programming. Congratulations, El Paseo!</span></span><br>
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In the middle of a pandemic, social unrest, and a financial depression, restoring a garden may not be the best idea. But, the reality is, this is the perfect time. Fresh produce and beautiful flowers are needed more than ever. The outpouring of individuals from all over the city wanting to contribute time is inspiring. Garden leaders like Dr. Shemuel Israel and Mamie Gray are following the example of the Earles, who once said, “No one wants to do anything, so why don’t we?” </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif"><em>"Since the 1980’s a diverse patchwork of green spaces has appeared on North Lawndale’s map. These pocket gardens are sites of community activism, neighborhood beautification and youth education. In 1986, Gerald and Lorean Earles founded “Slum Busters” to transform vacant lots into flower and vegetable gardens. Their efforts have inspired the creation of more than 40 gardens and the North Lawndale Greening Committee."</em> <br>
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<p style="font-family:"Noticia Text",Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(101,101,101)">You might recognize Pat and Robert Hart as two of the most dedicated volunteers of CCGA. These days, they've been focused on a new project at their community garden in Austin. <strong>The Hart Peace Community Garden </strong>at 645 N. Latrobe Ave was started on three abandoned lots they bought from the city. The garden will soon incorporate several ADA-accessible planter stations, paved walkways and a sun shelter to make it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to grow produce and flowers. They are collaborating with <strong>Human Scale</strong>, a design nonprofit founded by University of Illinois at Chicago students. “I want to make it accessible to as many people as I can. And make it so more vets can come garden,” said Robert Hart, a veteran himself.</p>
<p style="font-family:"Noticia Text",Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(101,101,101)">Pat and Robert envision using the pergola as a space to teach and give cooking demonstrations and let folks share recipes. As a nurse, Pat recognizes the food value in a lot of vegetables that aren't favored so much by her community. She wants to introduce veggies like eggplant and how to cook with it. Pat shared, “The garden is still in the process of development. It's an all-volunteer effort and there have been people working on weekends; they've been moving, digging and learning how to use Robert's tools. The garden is for seniors, vets, and folks in the neighborhood. There's a school around the corner, so the garden will be there for them too."<br>
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Maxwell Street Community Garden is in its second season at their new location on the NE corner of Racine and 13th Street diagonal to Fosco Park. They are at maximum capacity this year with a growing waitlist for next season after expanding the number of plots "farmed for the community" from two to six this season to provide more green tomatoes and fresh produce to their neighbors in the adjacent properties, in addition to an herb garden shared with members, neighbors, and Friends of the Garden.<br>
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In early March, the garden received a $5,000 grant from Chicago Housing Consulting Services (CHCS) towards transforming three concrete barriers in the garden into public art. Pilsen artist Anne Farley Gaines designed three mosaic murals, and progress is well underway on the first one in the Welcome Garden by the 13th Street gate. Students living nearby, having participated in other art programs led by Gaines for After School Matters and Jane Addams Center, are creating mosaics both at the garden and in kits at home on pre-cut masonry. Maxwell Street Community Garden is the first public art project funded by CHCS.<br>
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This was more than reason enough for Maxwell Street Community Garden to receive high praise from Lisa Roberson, Executive Administrator at Chicago Housing Authority, who came to tour their garden in June while she was in the neighborhood. She was awestruck with what Maxwell Garden had created in the middle of the city. They have built ADA accessible tall raised beds that are an excellent example for what all CHA Gardens should aspire to become.<br>
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<div style="text-align:left">CCGA was approached by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to help launch a new program to help develop new community gardens that will provide fresh produce to communities on the South Side. We are excited to be working with Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Fernwood Community Outreach Church, Great True Vine Baptist Church (The Laura B. Collins Community Development Center), Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) and the Trinity United Church (Endeleo Institute). Our goal is to provide support and technical assistance so that each of these unique community garden projects will thrive!<br>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,100,0)"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif"><em>Pictured above are a variety of perennial plants distributed to gardeners last month. </em></span></span></span>
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<p style="font-family:"Noticia Text",Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(101,101,101)">COVID-19 has made us all wonder how we’d manage many new challenges during this pandemic, and for many community gardens, the CCGA Resources distributions and plant sales have been the sole source of affordable, viable seedlings and healthy plants this year. The Resources Committee organized - and managed to make seem effortless - <strong>seven</strong> contactless distributions throughout April, May, June and July. When everything that we once knew had changed so dramatically, this brought a sense of well-being to gardeners with the possibility of bountiful bouquets and delicious harvests. <br>
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The dedication of the CCGA Resources Committee and generosity of our partner growers continues to provide gardeners with opportunities for planting, nurturing and harvesting, and to see things growing and thriving in our gardens again amidst the challenges we are all facing. We know too well that well-being depends on a range of social, economic and environmental factors, as is emphasized by the health disparities seen in different areas of our city. CCGA supports access to green space, and recognizes that growing in that space is vital for health and well-being.<br>
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10th Windy City Coop Tour</strong></a><br>
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<span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif">Several community gardens are profiled in this virtual event!</span></span><br>
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