<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The neighborhood would be so much nicer if any of the Miriam Hospital Parking lots could be broken up and turned into a garden.</div><div><br></div><div>There really is enough room on the streets for those cars.</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Aug 24, 2010, at 4:55 PM, James Barfoot wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> 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.<div><br></div><div>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.<br><div><br><div><div>On Aug 24, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Emlyn Addison wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">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.<br><br> Emlyn<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Message: 7<br> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:03:36 -0400<br> From: Greg Gerritt <<a href="mailto:gerritt@mindspring.com">gerritt@mindspring.com</a>><br> To: Peter Gallant <<a href="mailto:Pete1188@cox.net">Pete1188@cox.net</a>>, George Schietinger<br> <<a href="mailto:george@residentialbuilders.info">george@residentialbuilders.info</a>>, Summit Neighborhood<br> <<a href="mailto:summit@sna.providence.ri.us">summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a>><br> Subject: Re: [Summit] Community Garden<br> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:C8991F48.42851%25gerritt@mindspring.com">C8991F48.42851%gerritt@mindspring.com</a>><br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br> <br> Organize and build community support. Greg gerritt<br> <br> <br> on 8/24/10 6:46 AM, Peter Gallant at <a href="mailto:Pete1188@cox.net">Pete1188@cox.net</a> wrote:<br> <br> > So if I wanted a basketball court, tennis court, dog walk area, picnic tables,<br> > and anything else located at Lippitt Park how would I go about doing that?<br></blockquote></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Summit mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us">http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">SNA Website: <a href="http://sna.providence.ri.us">http://sna.providence.ri.us</a>/</div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Summit mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a><br>http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us<br>SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/</blockquote></div><br></body></html>