[Summit] Lippitte Park Redux

[Breslers]

This is the first I have heard of this.
Also being a neighbor, I have two things to add from my experience

1) Community Gardens unfortunately HAVE to be locked these days.  People
work hard on their stuff and if it is NOT locked up produce is stolen.  It
only takes one thief to ruin it for everyone, and the fences do seem to
help, I have heard.
(Creepy people steal my peppers & tomatoes, even right off plants on my
porch, !%##!**!#!@!... (and that is in addition to animals, who leave
recognizably different damage))

2) Whatever SNA does, it appears to me to be done by an ever changing group
of individuals interested in that particular issue; it is not a fixed super
power sneaking behind the scenes. Response to something generally only comes
together when someone organizes it, and then, only when the issues actually
turns out to be going somewhere  (I am sure there are plenty of project
ideas that fizzle) do the rest of us tag-alongs hear about it.  A few folks
get involved in most of it, because the really care about the neighborhood,
but I don't see the kind of manipulation someone here is implying.

Peace folks, it is possible to argue without acrimony.

Maybe we can find a foreclosed house/lot with no house or a wreckofahouse
not worth saving, and put the garden there? and leave the park? Have our
local banks got any land they need to unload??

E

PS THANKS & KUDOS to another varied group of Summit neighborhood group folks
for doing the work setting up todays concerts.


On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com>wrote:

> Agreed. And while I understand that the sectioned-off area will effectively
> be off-limits to non-gardeners, the fees paid by gardeners for their
> seasonal use of a small plot of that land (right? right??) will help to
> maintain the park itself.
>
> One of the key issues I recall concerning not just the fountain renovation
> but the whole park itself, playground included, was not just the cost of the
> renovations but the associated maintenance costs. This could address that.
>
> Yes, it might be strange to see some gardens in Lippitt Park, but it's an
> excellent community-building device that sends the right message about what
> many of us believe should be a part of any close-knit neighborhood. City
> Park Version 2.0.
>
> Lastly, there is no benefit in using abusive language on this list. I'm
> just as appalled at the cutting down of trees, but flame mails only make
> enemies, never allies.
>
> Emlyn
>
>
>  Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:28:12 -0400
>> From: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
>> To: Fr Eng <ridotshaw at gmail.com>,       Summit Neighborhood
>>
>>        <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
>> Subject: Re: [Summit] Lippitte Park Redux
>> Message-ID: <C88D397C.42589%gerritt at mindspring.com<C88D397C.42589%25gerritt at mindspring.com>
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>> The point of a community garden is to increase access to healthy food for
>> the entire community, improving our food security in the face of global
>> warming.  RI grows only 1% of its food, and is in desperate need of
>> increasing that as climate and transportation systems break down.  Parks
>> are
>> exactly the right place for community gardens.  Greg gerritt
>>
>>
>>
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