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Residents ask Flagstaff to protect community gardens; sustainability staff outlines relocation plans
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to allocate funding and site gardens to preserve community gardening spaces facing closure; Sustainability Director Nicole Antonopoulos said staff are planning Bonito Garden relocation and new urban-agriculture sites and will follow up.
During the April 14 Flagstaff City Council work session, two residents urged the council to prioritize community gardens threatened by development and funding shortfalls.
"Across the city, a lot of gardens are being shuttered or in danger of being closed," said Sam Wyckoff, a public commenter. Wyckoff named specific sites, including Southside Community Garden (slated for affordable housing) and Bonito Garden (potentially used as a staging area for an Army Corps project), and asked the city to consider funding or siting that would preserve…
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