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Verify your email to securely make edits to this document. You will need to verify your email every 7 days. <a href="https://support.google.com/drive?p=collaborator_accounts" target="_blank">Learn more</a>.</div><div style="margin-top:24px; color:#5F6368">Thanks very much to Sandy Pernitz (Seattle) and Linda Appel Lipsius (Denver) for their comments. <br><br>I've made some changes as a result.<br><br> I’m adding Alyssa McKim (Greensboro, NC) from the ACGA Board and NC Community Garden Partners, at her request. Also reaching out to Ellen Kirby (past-ACGA President) and Michelle Gates of Vermont Garden Network. Please feel free to pass this along to anyone who might be interested in commenting.<br><br>I'll be moving ahead to a final version this weekend, so I'd be very grateful if you share your thoughts before then. 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