<div dir="ltr">Sarah and Amy,<div><br></div><div>Your list Sara names my neighborhood of East Lakeview as a top priority for your focus on community gardening. I am a member of the Lakeview Community Garden at Diversey located in the park, and we have three sister gardens in east Lakeview:<font face="arial, sans-serif"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center">the Fletcher Community Garden, 935 W. Fletcher and established three years ago a community garden at Roscoe and the Lakefront Trail. These are in the 44th ward. There is also the third sister garden </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">located just north of 2601 N Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park.with</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Kim Junkert, the communications manager for </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Diversey</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Harbor</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Community</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Garden.</span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">These gardens are small and not likely to host teams of volunteers as their commitment to community engagement means they rely on volunteers from within the garden membership The exception may be the Diversey Harbor Community garden. They are in the second year of building their space and have quite a way to go to complete building beds for the magnificent site they have. </span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It occurred to me that a volunteer group interested in Lakeview and Lincoln Park could work with the Lincoln Park Conservancy at the North Pond. While it isn't a community garden, it is green space dedicated to native plantings and their restoration in Lincoln Park. They always need help to plant seeds and seedlings, mulch trails and trees, weed out invasive or overly aggressive plants, pick up trash, and even some tree pruning. </span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">If I can be of any help now that I've identified some areas I am involved with, please don't hesitate to contact me or have Amy coordinate something.</span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Regards,</span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lorraine Kells</span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 10:51 AM Sarah Nowicki (RAPP) via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@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">
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<p class="MsoNormal">These are the neighborhoods we’d like to focus on for community gardening, in order of most to least interest, with our most requested areas in green:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Logan Square (Logan Square, Bucktown, Palmer Square)<u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Lakeview (Lake View East, North Halsted, West Lakeview, Wrigleyville)<u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Near North Side (Cabrini-Green, Dearborn Parkway, The Gold Coast, Goose Island, Magnificent Mile, Near North Side, Old Town, River North, River West, State Parkway, Streeterville)<u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Edgewater (Andersonville, Edgewater, Edgewater Glen, Epic, Lakewood/Balmoral)<u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Lincoln Park (DePaul, Old Town Triangle, Park West, Lincoln Park, Ranch Triangle, Sheffield Neighbors, Wrightwood Neighbors)<u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Lincoln Square (Bowmanville, Budlong Woods, Lincoln Square, Ravenswood, Ravenswood Gardens)<u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Loop (The Loop, New Eastside, Printer’s Row, South Loop)<u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Uptown (Clarendon Park, Buena Park, New Chinatown, Sheridan Park, Uptown)<u></u><u></u></li><li>Rogers Park (Loyola, Rogers Park)<u></u><u></u></li><li>Near South Side (Dearborn Park, Near South Side, Museum Park, Central Station, Prairie Avenue Historic District)<u></u><u></u></li><li>West Town (East Village, Noble Square, Ukrainian Village, Smith Park, West Town, Wicker Park)<u></u><u></u></li><li>Hyde Park (Hyde Park)<u></u><u></u></li><li>Albany Park (Albany Park, Mayfair, North Mayfair, Ravenswood Manor)<u></u><u></u></li><li>North Center (Northcenter, Roscoe Village, Saint Ben’s)<u></u><u></u></li><li>Avondale (Avondale, Jackowo)<u></u><u></u></li><li>Irving Park (Irving Park, Kilbourn Park, Old Irving Park, The Villa)<u></u><u></u></li><li>"Humboldt Park (Humboldt Park) "<u></u><u></u></li><li>Near West Side (Columbus Circle, Greektown, Little Italy, Medical Center, Near West Side, Tri-Taylor, Fulton River District, University Village)<u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">225 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,88,176)"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sarah Nowicki (RAPP) <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 17, 2021 2:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Communications] Group Volunteer Gardening Opportunities<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Amy,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Awesome, thanks for providing this info! I’ll be in touch next week once I collect our survey responses.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a great weekend!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">225 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,88,176)"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 17, 2021 11:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sarah Nowicki (RAPP) <<a href="mailto:sarah.nowicki@rapp.com" target="_blank">sarah.nowicki@rapp.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Communications] Group Volunteer Gardening Opportunities<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re actually working on an updated list of community gardens and a new map, but it’s not in a state to share yet.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are community gardens in nearly all 50 wards and it would be representative to use a list of all neighborhoods for your quick survey.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CCGA is a network of community gardens that includes sites that are part of the Park District and also gardens on City and privately owned land. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the Loop area, you’ll find more Park District gardens and parks. As you get further away from the Loop, there are many more community gardens. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Another option for sites closer to downtown is the Park District’s volunteer program. Here’s a link:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once you have your list of neighborhoods, we can match it to community gardens in our network!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That sounds amazing, thanks so much!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I like the idea of narrowing it down to a few neighborhoods. Do you happen to have a comprehensive list of the neighborhoods in which you have gardens? If that’s just a list of all Chicago neighborhoods, I can grab that myself.<span> </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Planning to send a quick survey to my team to narrow down to our top neighborhoods!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span> </span>Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>><span> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Wednesday, June 16, 2021 3:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span>Sarah Nowicki (RAPP) <<a href="mailto:sarah.nowicki@rapp.com" target="_blank">sarah.nowicki@rapp.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span> </span><a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [Communications] Group Volunteer Gardening Opportunities<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know what you think and we can get things set up.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li><u>Location:</u><span> </span>central areas of the city preferred (loop, Lincoln Park, Bridgeport), but also open to North, West, and South neighborhoods (Uptown/Edgewater,
Wicker Park/Logan Square, Hyde Park)<u></u><u></u></li><li><u>Dates:</u><span> </span>Open!<u></u><u></u></li><li><u>Days of the week:</u><span> </span>Mon-Sat<u></u><u></u></li><li><u>Time spent:</u><span> </span>2-4 hours per session<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span> </span>Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>><span> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Tuesday, June 8, 2021 12:31 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [Communications] Group Volunteer Gardening Opportunities<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Sarah,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We don’t normally organize specific community garden volunteer days, but we can definitely connect you to gardens that need volunteers. I am sure there are quite a few that would appreciate the help! Then, you could coordinate directly
with the garden managers about the specifics. We do have a need for volunteers from time to time when we hold plant distributions, and can pass your info along to that team if you’d like, but to get in the dirt and play, you’ll want to be in the gardens!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have been talking about making a tool that allows volunteer groups to connect to gardens via our website or an app, it seems it would be very useful.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m thinking for now, we could send an email to our subscribers (1,775), and also post this on social media (2,800 followers) to get the word out. Then we could create a brief interest form and share the responses with you. You can think
about any parameters we should include, like location, dates, days of the week, time spent, etc.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To answer your questions, I envision that some gardens would be able to accommodate drop-in volunteers, and many would schedule visits, especially if there are groups. I think each garden is a little different as far as the group size right
now. Larger gardens can accommodate larger groups safely. As far as time spent or monthly hours, each garden is a little different! <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m happy to talk more about this idea with you, and thanks again for reaching out to us!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jun 8, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Sarah Nowicki (RAPP) via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now that things are starting to get a bit back to normal, our team is looking into community gardens where we could volunteer as a group. Are you currently accepting volunteer groups, and are there any restrictions or procedures in place
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Can you drop-in any time or do you need to schedule visits?<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in">
Is there a group minimum or maximum number of participants?<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in">
Is there a required length of time per visit, or a required number of monthly hours?<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks so much!<u></u><u></u></p>
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