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Public commenters urge protection for Bonita Street community garden and press housing, literacy funding requests
Summary
During open call, residents urged the council to protect the Bonita Street Community Garden from Rio De Flag staging, raised concerns about housing commission representation and vouchers, and community groups requested discretionary funds for The Big Read and a Martin Luther King Jr. event.
Several members of the public used Monday's open call to press the council on locally focused issues: protection of a community garden, housing commission representation and funding for community literacy and events.
Dennis Givens, speaking for the Bonita Street Community Garden, said the garden has been cultivated for a decade and urged the city not to use the site as a staging area for Rio De Flag construction equipment. "We do not want this to…
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