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Meeting highlights community garden extension and a 'Garden District' vision for neighborhood amenities
Summary
Speakers described plans to extend the Amen's Community Garden, add a 'Garden District' sign and use a covered area for events and healthy-food vending, with an emphasis on senior access to healthy foods. The idea is in early planning and contingent on fundraising and partnerships.
Meeting participants and the presenter described a vision to expand the existing community garden, create a gateway sign for a 'Garden District' and use the curved site and covered areas for events, concerts and healthier-food vending targeted to seniors.
The moderator said the plan would build on an existing garden near the corner store and suggested vegetation shielding and pedestrian connections as design elements. The presenter and residents emphasized the idea as a neighborhood gateway and flagged fundraising and finding development partners as immediate next steps.
Speakers encouraged neighborhood volunteers and small coalitions to help lead projects such as a corner market; one participant noted that some seed funding had been started and that the community has ‘‘till the end of the year” to advance early steps.
