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Urban farm owner urges city to approve maintenance bid for stormwater banks after repeated crop damage
Summary
Black Farm Street Inc. asked the commission to approve an annual maintenance bid and clarify city policy after recurring overgrowth from an adjacent city-managed stormwater drain damaged garden beds and interrupted youth programs.
The founder of Black Farm Street Inc. told commissioners Aug. 19 that repeated overgrowth on city-managed stormwater-bank adjacent to her urban farm at 1650 Olive Road has damaged crops and disrupted programs and that a city maintenance proposal she submitted in 2024 has not been adopted.
"For three years now, I have pursued resolution through the proper channels regarding reoccurring overgrowth from the city owned and managed stormwater drain that borders our property," Lashondra Robinson…
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