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Gardeners and nonprofit say they were not consulted about proposed relocation tied to downtown campus project
Summary
A longtime community garden's volunteers and nonprofit leader told council they learned belatedly of a plan to move the garden as part of the government campus project; they asked the city for transparency and urged officials to keep the garden in place.
Gardeners and a nonprofit director told the council they were surprised and upset to learn of a potential plan to relocate the Susan Welchill community garden as part of the government's downtown campus redevelopment effort, saying volunteers and financial contributors were not consulted.
Gary Linell, who identified himself as an executive director of a local nonprofit and a gardener at the Susan Welchill community garden, said many gardeners discovered the…
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