[Community_garden] ACGA Welcomes Amy DeShon

[Amy DeShon]

Thank you for your best wishes and, yes, the Board and staff are a
tremendous asset to me as I acclimate to the specifics of our community
gardening community.

Although, I do have some experience! I worked with about 400 children (ages
5-18) at the Eastside Neighborhood Association for three years landscaping
and doing exterior home improvement projects with the assistance of
neighborhood home owners (through Building Blocks) and operated our
own community garden beds (through the Kalamazoo Nature Center), so I guess
I'm not completely a novice... Just not active as we "speak"... ;-)


On 4/22/07, adam36055 at aol.com <adam36055 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Friends,
>
> I guess another ACGA board memo will thank Ms. Betsy Johnson for her hard
> work  as interim executive director of the ACGA for the last few of
> years.  A long-time community garden coordinator and organizer, Ms. Johnson
> did yeoman's work for all of us.
>
> Thank you Betsy Johnson!
>
> That said, great luck to Ms. Amy DeShon as the ACGA's new executive
> director. .
>
>
> >From what I've read below, Ms. DeShon has a remarkable CV.
>
> I'm sure the Board will work hard to give Ms. DeShon, who is, from what
> I've read, not a community gardener, a thorough orientation and direction to
> help guide our organization in the the years ahead.
>
> Best wishes,
> Adam Honigman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jkuhns at sympatico.ca
> To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
> Sent: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:58 AM
> Subject: [Community_garden] ACGA Welcomes Amy DeShon
>
>
>
>
> The Board of Directors of the American Community Gardening Association is
> pleased to announce Amy DeShon as the Association's new Executive
> Director. Amy
> has over 20 years experience in non-profit management, fundraising, event
> planning, project management, and marketing/communications.
>
>
>
> She has worked for an array of non-profits whose mission statements
> focused on
> such issues as women's equity, association management, neighborhood and
> community development, youth enrichment, health and wellness, the
> environment,
> and individuals with mental illness and disabilities. She has been an
> elected
> Public Library Board of Trustee in Kalamazoo, MI and the President of the
> Asylum
> Lake Preservation Association. She was a board member of Building Blocks,
> the
> Eastside Neighborhood Association, and Habitat for Humanity. And, she has
> been a
> Fund Allocation Team member for the United Way and a Kiwanis Club member.
> She is
> currently a member of P.E.O.
>
>
>
> Amy's most successful campaign to date was to preserve 180-acres of open
> space
> on the Westside of Kalamazoo, MI as the President of the Asylum Lake
> Preservation Association. After a lengthy public lobbying campaign, the
> Asylum
> Lake Preservation Association agreed to relinquish interests in the Lee
> Baker
> Farm property and allow for its development as a Business Technology
> Research
> Park and focus its attention on establishing a conservation easement,
> management
> documents, and a research protocol for the Asylum Lake area that would be
> approved by the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees. A Master
> Planning
> Committee, called the "Asylum Lake Task Force" was convened and comprised
> of
> representatives from the City of Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University
> faculty
> and staff, the Asylum Lake Preservation Association, other regional
> environmental groups and local environmentalists, and local neighborhood
> associations. The documents this Task Force created were ultimately
> approved by
> resolution of the Board of Trustees on April 19, 2004. This area is now
> called
> the Asylum Lake Preserve.
>
>
>
> Amy has her Master's of Public Administration from Western Michigan
> University,
> School of Public Affairs and Administration and her Bachelor's degree in
> Justice, Morality, and Constitutional Democracy from Michigan State
> University,
> James Madison College.
>
>
>
> Until her home is sold in Bay City, MI, Amy will reside with friends. They
> own a
> lovely piece of the Hocking Hills that has been conserved through the Ohio
> Appalachian Land Trust. Her intension is to move into an older home in
> Columbus
> in one of our "hip-happenin'" neighborhoods and walk to work.
>
>
>
> Amy loves to cook, needlepoint, ride bikes, walk, bird watch, lolly-gag,
> and
> giggle.
>
>
>
> Amy can be contacted at adeshon at communitygarden.org; or 614-645-1537.
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