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Barrington gardeners urge board to reconsider new 24–36 month plot limit
Summary
Residents at a Village of Barrington meeting asked the board to rescind or amend an amendment to community garden rules that would limit plot tenure to 24–36 months and could displace long-time nonresident gardeners; board asked staff to review but took no vote.
Residents pressed the Village of Barrington board to reconsider a recent amendment to the community garden rules that, as read at the meeting, would limit plot use to "24 to 36 month periods." Lauren, a longtime gardener who addressed the board during the public-comment period, said the limit is "impractical and probably not fair" and urged the village to allow experienced gardeners to keep plots so long as they pay dues and maintain them.
The garden began in 2014 with 24 plots…
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