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NEW YORK CITY
Monthly Meetings In our monthly meetings we discuss ways to strengthen the Coalition, meet challenges, and network with fellow NYC community gardeners, gardening groups, and greening organizations. We invite you to join us! Contact Us NYCCGC 232 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003 |
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Next meeting: Mass transit: #3 train to Van Siclen, Brooklyn (allow appx. 1hr travel time from midtown Manhattan) As growing season is well upon us and the gardens are lush and bountiful, the NYCCGC will be holding its monthly meetings in different community gardens around the city for the summer months. In case of rain, the meeting will be moved to a local community center near the garden. We are doing this to bring the Coalition to different neighborhoods across the city and give gardeners in these neighborhoods the opportunity to attend the meetings and get acquainted with our work. It is a great opportunity for gardeners to see other gardens and meet other gardeners. We hope you WILL join us! We are very excited to hold this months' meeting at East New York Farms! Come learn about this amazing urban farm that is doing great things for its community. The NYCCGC just completed a "visioning retreat" at Hawthorne Valley Farm in upstate New York and we are eager to share the outcome with you and give you a full report. There is an important hearing regarding community gardens at the City Council on June 24th and it's very important that you attend - and bring written testimonies! The Garden Agreement expires next year and we need to strategize to continue to protect them. Instructions will be given at the meeting. AGENDA FOR THE MEETING: Introductions Membership Legislation Committee updates:
Report from NYCCGC’s Board Visioning Retreat Grants Threatened gardens Community Garden/Urban Farming Olympics Neighborhood Coalitions Reports
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NYCCGC ACTION ALERT! JOIN US AT CITY HALL WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 @ 10AM FOR AN IMPORTANT CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THE FUTURE OF OUR GARDENS! We urgently need all gardeners and garden supporters to bring your voices and letters of concern to a public hearing sponsored by City Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation at City Hall and speak up for the preservation of all community gardens! We need as many people as possible to attend to prove our political (voting) power - so bring friends and forward this message far and wide! If you are a Parks or a city-operated GreenThumb community garden and think you are safe, THINK AGAIN! The hearing will focus on the future of community gardens in NYC and specifically Resolution #1890, which calls upon the City to map all GreenThumb community gardens in NYC as parkland, thereby giving them stronger protections for the future! NYC City Council Hearing on Community Gardens Getting there: City Hall is located in City Hall Park. (map) You can enter the plaza from either the west side of the park at Broadway and Murray Street or the east side at Park Row.By Subway: #4, #5, #6 trains to City Hall/Brooklyn Bridge; #2, #3 trains to Park Place; W, R trains to City Hall; C, A trains to Chambers Street By Bus: M15 to City Hall/Park Row If you cannot make the meeting, but want to submit testimony, you can mail or fax it by June 24th to: Gary Altman, Legislative Council Spread the word! By printing and/or emailing this PDF/flyer! Additional reading: New York City Council Resolution No. 1890 Read the 2002 Attorney General's agreement currently protecting New York City's community gardens (PDF) |
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NYCCGC's 9 Recommendations for Legislation to Protect Our Community Gardens: |
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