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Speakers defend neighborhood community gardens and raise land-bank ownership concerns
Summary
Several public commenters urged council to protect community gardens from developers and raised questions about land-bank ownership and developer encroachment; speakers described gardens’ community and economic value.
Public comment at the March 24 Cleveland City Council meeting included appeals to protect community gardens and to guard against developers taking over garden plots on city-owned or land-bank parcels.
Fauzi Badur, introduced as representing a Coalition for a Better Cleveland and speaking from Ward 11, described the proliferation of community and private gardens across Cleveland and objected to…
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