[Summit] Community Garden

[Theresa Mathiesen]

Ironically, one of those parking lots used to be a farm.
-- Elva

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Andrew Nosal <andy at mapcenter.com> wrote:
> The neighborhood would be so much nicer if any of the Miriam Hospital
> Parking lots could be broken up and turned into a garden.
> There really is enough room on the streets for those cars.
>
> On Aug 24, 2010, at 4:55 PM, James Barfoot wrote:
>
> I love the idea of community gardens, but I see Lippitt Park already
> actively used by many people - as is. A community garden there would
> decrease the amount of park that everyone can enjoy, and replace it with an
> area that benefits a relative few. Better to put a garden where it doesn't
> displace current high-traffic activities. Ninth street might be good, and it
> looks like there is ample low-use land by the ball park/bus station. The
> latter would be my vote.
> As for areas in Lippit park being developed for more specific types of
> activities that all could enjoy, I see no problem (nor any pressing need)
> there. Unstructured space is the most flexible.
>
> On Aug 24, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Emlyn Addison wrote:
>
> Agreed, and as we already have many basketball courts, tennis courts, dog
> walking areas and picnic tables, and precious few community gardens, this
> would seem to be a higher priority item that deserves our attention.
>
> Emlyn
>
>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:03:36 -0400
>> From: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
>> To: Peter Gallant <Pete1188 at cox.net>,   George Schietinger
>>        <george at residentialbuilders.info>,      Summit Neighborhood
>>        <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
>> Subject: Re: [Summit] Community Garden
>> Message-ID: <C8991F48.42851%gerritt at mindspring.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Organize and build community support.  Greg gerritt
>>
>>
>> on 8/24/10 6:46 AM, Peter Gallant at Pete1188 at cox.net wrote:
>>
>> > So if I wanted a basketball court, tennis court, dog walk area, picnic
>> > tables,
>> > and anything else located at Lippitt Park how would I go about doing
>> > that?
>
> _______________________________________________
> Summit mailing list
> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
> _______________________________________________
> Summit mailing list
> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
> _______________________________________________
> Summit mailing list
> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>