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Portnoy Valley Partners pitches community garden on city-owned land near water department
Summary
Portnoy Valley Partners representatives and Anne Butler, parks and recreation director, asked the Pocatello City Council to allow a community garden on a recently purchased city parcel near the water department and Green Belt, with the nonprofit handling operations while the city provides the land and ongoing water service.
Portnoy Valley Partners representatives and Anne Butler, Pocatello’s parks and recreation director, presented a plan to the City Council to locate a community garden on a recently acquired parcel adjacent to the city water department and the Green Belt.
The presenters said the city would provide the land and Portnoy Valley Partners would manage the site, sublease individual plots to residents, and maintain a shared cooperative area for donations to local food banks. “We are asking the city council to approve the use of the city land for designated community garden…
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