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Community gardeners press council to restore GreenThumb and legal protections as dumping, rodents and access problems grow
Summary
Gardeners and Green Gorillas told the parks committee that city cuts to GreenThumb have left hundreds of community gardens vulnerable to rodents, illegal dumping, ADA inaccessibility and redevelopment risk; they asked the council to restore $2.6M, create a $300k simplified grant pilot, strengthen legal protections and fund a faster GetStuffClean response.
Community gardeners, youth interns and nonprofit partners delivered unified testimony to the City Council’s parks committee urging restoration of GreenThumb funding and stronger legal protections for gardens on city land.
Speakers from Green Gorillas, garden leaders and dozens of volunteer stewards described repeated maintenance problems — rodent infestations tied to nearby illegal dumping, aging infrastructure that lacks ADA access and prolonged permit or land-security delays — and asked council members to adopt specific remedies. Garden leaders asked the council to restore a previously…
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