[Community_garden] Community_garden Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1

[janie caldwell]

Who do I need to email, to get a copy of the details
for community gardens plot fees around the country ?
Janie
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>    1. Again....Protecting Gardens through Zoning,
> Eminent Domain
>       and Park Designation (heide martin)
>    2. Want to see a plot fees overview for U.S.?
> (Janet Parker)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:11:51 +0000
> From: "heide martin" <heidemart at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Community_garden] Again....Protecting
> Gardens through
> 	Zoning,	Eminent Domain and Park Designation
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> Hello list serve members,
> 
> I am glad that my recent post has generated some
> discussion, even though 
> people were only able to see the title of the post. 
> I feel that legislative 
> issues such as these are vital to attend to, and has
> been mentioned, they 
> are often overwhelming.
> 
> I am completing my masters of City and Regional
> Planning at the Ohio State 
> University, and my thesis focuses on these elements
> of community garden 
> development.  I will be addressing them by
> researching the history of 
> community gardens here in Columbus, Ohio, and then
> exploring those 
> legislative tools that would be able to protect
> current gardens.  My hopes 
> are that this research will be able to help
> activists in our cities and in 
> others to address the challenge of secure land
> tenure.
> 
> My post was a request for examples of activists
> using official, legislative 
> channels to protect their gardens and other open
> spaces developed through 
> grassroots activism.  If any of you have experience
> with these issues, 
> please send me your stories, or contacts of other
> people that I could 
> interview.  These are complex issues that are
> crucial to the sustainability 
> of community gardens and democratic open spaces in
> our cities.
> 
> I would be more than happy to share the results of
> my research with those 
> who are interested in these topics.  I will also be
> writing a policy brief 
> in the near future for the Center for Farmland
> Policy Innovation which will 
> focus on Agricultural Zoning within urban and
> peri-urban areas, and I will 
> be happy to share this information as well.
> I thank you in advance for you interest and time.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Heide Martin
> Planning and Policy Intern
> Center for Farmland Policy Innovation
> Department of Agricultural, Environmental, &
> Development Economics
> 337 Ag. Admin. Building
> 2120 Fyffe Road
> Columbus, OH  43210
> 614.247.6479
> http://cffpi.osu.edu
> martin.814 at osu.edu
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> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:41:02 -0600
> From: "Janet Parker" <janetp at cacscw.org>
> Subject: [Community_garden] Want to see a plot fees
> overview for U.S.?
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> Dear Friends at ACGA,
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you to everyone who responded to my note a
> while back asking for
> details on plot fees in your city.  I put the
> responses together in a
> chart that shows plot fees around the country.  If
> you'd like a copy,
> drop me a note and I'll send it to you as a Word
> document.  
> 
>  
> 
> Or maybe you didn't respond and have time to now as
> the weather gets
> colder!  If so, please drop me a note with this
> info:
> 
> Where do you garden?
> 
> How much do gardeners pay in plot fees?
> 
> Is there a low-income subsidy or sliding scale?
> 
> Do you charge pay deposit or other fees?
> 
> How large are your plots?
> 
>  
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Janet Parker
> 
> Community Gardens - CAC Food & Gardens
> 
> 1717 N. Stoughton Road
> 
> Madison, WI 53704
> 
> janetp at cacscw.org
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> 608-246-4730 ext. 218
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> www.cacscw.org/gardens 
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