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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this finds you well! I am a Senior Manager at the Metropolitan Planning Council working on an
<a href="https://metroplanning.org/projects/zoning-land-use-assessment/#zoning-assessment-research">
assessment around zoning and land use in Chicago</a>. One of the outcome areas we are exploring is productive land use, examining how land use in the city aligns with community needs. Vacant land is a large piece of this, and we are hoping to better understand
formal and informal uses of vacant land with an interest in urban agriculture and community gardens. I was hoping to utilize (and credit) data from the CCGA Community Garden Map. Are you able to share the underlying data for the mapping tool, or have suggestions
on complementary datasets for this type of work? If helpful I’m happy to find time to chat further! (I wasn’t sure which committee was more appropriate for this request, pardon the double email!)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31;mso-ligatures:none">Alec Singer, AICP
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31;mso-ligatures:none">(they, them, theirs)</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Senior Manager |
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.metroplanning.org/" title="http://metroplanning.org/"><span style="color:blue">Metropolitan Planning Council</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">140 S. Dearborn St.
</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| Suite 1400 | Chicago, IL 60603</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">231.838.0567 |
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:asinger@metroplanning.org"><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:blue">asinger@metroplanning.org</span></a></span></u><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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