[Summit] Tot Lot redesign backstory

[Andrew Nosal]

The sight of vegetables growing in part of the park will please me  
even if I do not get to pick them.  Would you be objecting to 10% of  
the park being a flowerbed or shrubbery?


On Sep 21, 2012, at 4:16 PM, John Bazik wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Anthony Arrigo wrote:
>> n space at the far end the park as-is.  The benefits to ALL community
>> members -- young and old, parents or not -- that a garden will bring,
>
> First, let me say that I applaud the good work that SNA and it's board
> and members do.  I remain a strong supporter.
>
> But I reluctantly have to ask: how does a community garden benefit
> everyone?  It seems to me that it benefits only the city, which gets
> some revenue, and the people who lease plots, who get to grow produce
> and keep it.  Other park users lose 10% of their park.
>
> Sorry, I just don't see it.
>
> John
>
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