[Community_garden] on cg benefits

[lynng30]

On the economics...
One benefit that I don't think was mentioned but that
applies perhaps only to certain cities is the cost of
maintaining the land.   If gardeners are using
city-owned land to garden on, city services doesn't
have to come around to mow, pick up trash or whatever
they do as regular maintenance. 

In Cleveland - a city suffering from problems of many
vacant lots - a good number of gardens are on
city-owned land.  It's useful to quantify how much
money gardeners are saving city services by
maintaining lots - there could even be an hourly rate
applied.  The cost of maintaining vacant lots came up
at a council hearing some time last year.

-lynn gregor


 
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