<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="">Hi Natalie,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes, we can help you identify Chicago’s native plants! We can pull together some resources for you. What’s the timing for your story?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Amy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">on behalf of the CCGA Communications Team</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 24, 2021, at 3:38 PM, Natalie Dalea via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hello,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I’m researching a story about whether the plants people can see growing around Chicago, like around the train tracks or in concrete cracks, are native to the area. Is there someone with Chicago Community Gardens who would be able to help me learn more about Chicago’s native plants?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Sincerely,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Natalie Dalea<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Natalie Dalea<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">(She/Her/Hers)|Multimedia Intern<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Cell: 330-907-7488 Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="mailto:ndalea@wbez.org" class="">ndalea@wbez.org</a></span></u><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; 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