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Council honors Abodo Collective urban farm; nonprofit says it may close without more support
Summary
City Council recognized the Abodo Collective and its Abodo Urban Farms with a proclamation; the group's leaders said their programs have helped neighbors but warned they are roughly two months from closure without new funding or volunteers.
The Las Vegas City Council on May 7 issued a proclamation recognizing the work of the Abodo Collective and declared May 7 “Abodo Collective Day” in a ceremonial agenda item that highlighted the group's urban farm and community services.
Councilwoman Sandra Summers Armstrong introduced Tamika Henry and Cheyenne Kyle of the Abodo Collective and described their work in the Historic West Side, including Abodo Urban Farms at 1300 C Street. Summers Armstrong said the gardens “provide a place for people to gather” in neighborhoods affected by disinvestment.
Tamika Henry, introduced as the organization’s executive director, told the council the nonprofit has helped people secure housing and food and run education programs, but she said the group faces an immediate sustainability challenge: “We are two months away from closing our doors because we don't we just have not been able to garner the support that we that we need to stay sustainable.”
Cheyenne Kyle, identified in the meeting as the farm’s food program coordinator, described the farm's production and teaching activities and urged residents to visit and volunteer. She said in her first year of solo production she grew “over a thousand pounds of food, all organic, all local.”
Council members presented a proclamation thanking the Abodo Collective for its neighborhood work and invited community members to support the organization through donations, volunteering, and patronizing its grocer.
The council did not vote on any direct funding or contract with Abodo Collective during this meeting; the recognition was ceremonial. The Abodo representatives asked for public support and noted the farm’s location and programs as ongoing community resources.
