[Summit] FW: Community garden

[Greg Gerritt]

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From: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:30:29 -0400
To: Bob McMahon <rmcmahon at providenceri.com>
Cc: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>, George Schietinger
<george at residentialbuilders.info>, Dean Weinberg
<dweinberg at carlweinbergcpas.com>, Melissa Grisi <melisgrisi at hotmail.com>
Conversation: Community garden
Subject: Community garden

Bob,  I have given more thought to community gardens in this neighborhood,
so I figured I would keep the dialogue going and expand it.

As I consider the relative merits of Collyer Field and 9th St playground
both sites have strengths and weaknesses.  The key weaknesses at 9th St are
use of the grounds and sunlight.  9th St may get sufficient sunlight, but it
seems that the area that gets the sunlight also gets quite a bit of use.  My
very informal and very limited survey suggests that the best garden spot may
be used to much to give up.

Collyer field seems to suffer from a lack of community use, which could lead
to less usage of a garden, but I am pretty sure that is not the case.

I am curious as to how to help a decision to be made.  What data would be
useful?  Do we survey neighbors and users?  Do we do a comparison chart?

What would be most helpful to you?

Greg gerritt

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