<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hi Lorraine,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div>I can respond to them and say we look forward to reviewing the new draft.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I can review the newsletter but I don't think long is bad. Community gardeners need to understand that community gardens and policies that affect them requires advocacy and require their support. It doesn't happen by themselves because our elected officials and other nonprofits act in our best interests.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks.</div><div dir="auto">May</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 12:07 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>I made a few edits to the draft of the summer newsletter, especially the last paragraph of The Native Garden Ordinance piece. The ordinance is apparently going to a new draft as of email from Colleen, July 13. We're all waiting for that draft.</div><div><br></div><div>None of us at CCGA has responded to the collaborating group. May, is there any comment you'd like to make to make back to them? I'm sure Amy will send you a draft of the Summer Newsletter so you can advise on wording. The whole piece seems very long to me and I'm not sure the rest of CCGA is interested, although I do think every bit of the struggle should be said and shared.</div><div><br></div><div>Lorraine</div></div>
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