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Committee advances $100,000 urban gardening pilot to fund three community plots
Summary
Committee released A2458, which would create a Department of Agriculture urban gardening pilot that awards up to three grants of $35,000 each (total $100,000) to establish gardens in low‑income areas and requires a three‑year report to the governor and Legislature.
The committee voted to release A2458, a bill directing the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to establish an urban gardening pilot program that would award grants to three qualified applicants to create urban gardens in low‑income areas.
Under the bill as amended, the Department would award three qualified applicants grants of up to $35,000 each to support a three‑year pilot program intended to improve neighborhood conditions and integrate residents of diverse communities.…
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