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Council approves one-year pilot lease with Urban Seed for community garden; council adds conditions
Summary
The council approved a one-year lease with Urban Seed to pilot a community garden on a city-owned vacant lot, with conditions on permitted parcels, water metering/payment, hours, and final review before reconsideration.
The Warren City Council voted May 20 to approve a one-year pilot lease with Urban Seed to convert a vacant city lot into a community garden and distribute produce to neighbors. Council members and staff agreed to several amendments before approval, including limiting the leased parcels, ensuring water service and metering, consolidating prohibited activities into one section, and changing operating hours to “sunrise to sunset.”
Urban Seed has an established model in nearby Eastpointe and sought use of a vacant city parcel to plant produce for neighbors in Warren’s south end. Council discussed exhibit A…
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