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Neighborhood group proposes five mini libraries with adjacent garden boxes; board urges pilot and design revisions
Summary
Representatives of the Greater Northeast Keizer Neighborhood Association sought $298.48 from the Keizer parks grant program to install five mini libraries paired with garden boxes at neighborhood parks.
Representatives of the Greater Northeast Keizer Neighborhood Association presented a grant request to the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for five mini libraries paired with small garden boxes at neighborhood parks. Tammy Kunz and Jacqueline Green said the project would install two units at Claggett Creek, one at Northview Terrace Park and two at Chalmers Jones Park, with locations near restrooms, the skate park and other high‑use areas.
Kunz and Green said the group sought $298.48 from the parks grant program and expected donations of plants and volunteer labor. “We are looking to add some mini libraries and mini gardens around the mini libraries to help with, number 1, take a book, leave a book education and food insecurities for families,” Kunz…
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