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Residents urge Warren council to save South Warren Community Garden, accuse mayor’s office of obstructing lease
Summary
Multiple residents and Urban Seed organizers told the Warren City Council that mayoral delays and draft lease/ordinance language threaten the South Warren Community Garden, asked council to transfer or sell the lots or fast‑track a lease, and said delays cost the group $10,000 in grant support.
A succession of residents and Urban Seed volunteers told the Warren City Council on April 14 that the South Warren Community Garden on two city lots faces an uncertain future because of mayoral inaction and proposed lease or ordinance terms they say would hamper operations.
Annie Sinclair, a homeowner across from the garden, said the mayor "picked the wrong fight" and criticized the administration for reversing prior go‑ahead to the project: "You had nothing to say to us about these lots until Urban Seed came in and did…
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