Please Come to the More Gardens! Meeting

WHEN: Thursday July 10th, 6.30pm (usually 1st Thursdays)

WHERE: 2022 Lexington Ave @123rd St.

NW corner of 123rd and Lexington

Directions By Subway

Take
the 4, 5, or 6 Train to 125th Street. After you get out of the subway,
walk two blocks south to 123rd Street and turn right. More Gardens! office is on 123rd Street corner of Lexington Avenue.

Please bring potluck

info: 917-518-9987

Agenda:

SBUG

Councilmember Foster 's district: Stood by her community gardeners
and made them permanent! Also helping with City-wide Legislation!

Badillo Rose Garden is preserved in its entirety where she stands.
Councilmember Foster tells all city agencies to move the planned building to where they want to relocate the community garden.

Ms. Foster is currently working with NYCCGC and More Gardens! for legislation to strengthen the "Attorney General's community garden agreement" soon coming to a close.

Ms. Foster is also calling for unused open space NYCHA land in her district to be transfered/bought for community garden relocation site for LIttle Green Garden and Cabo Rojo .

Topping it all she is also the keynote speaker for the community garden forum coming up May 31st.

Councilmemer Arroyo's District: Needs huge improvement in standing up to developers and preserving her community green spaces. Major losses of community gardens as well as parks (Yankee Stadium). Needs to follow through after stating her commitments.

POSSIBLE ENCAMPMENT: Cabo Rojo Community garden, now in danger with ULURP (city agent HPD giving land to developers).
We have asked the councilmember to preserve this forested community garden where it lives, and after 2 years of delays (eventually meeting
with chief of staff) last week, she suddenly announced she never planned to preserve this community garden and will try to help with relocation. Very similar to the loss of two other previous community gardens below.

Aguada, Councilmemer Arroyo assisted with a NYCHA relocation. the proposed site is smaller, and has less legal rights, on the other hand
it is close to the Seniors. Garden was destroyed by sanitation in Spring 2007 after a year of waiting for a relocation. The community gardeners are still waiting for a timeline or a contract.

Vogue community garden, bulldozed and moved on top of half of Bush, Community Garden (adjacent endangered community garden).

Rock community garden- Struggling community garden repeatedly set back by city agents destroying the new plants. The members are working on a budget plan and working to garner more members.

HUG

Councilmember Mark-Viverito's district: Has worked closely with HUG and included them in all the meetings with developers. Followed through with her commitments. Walking Tour of El Barrio/East Harlem community gardens April 26th.

East Harlem Endangered Gardens -

Magic Garden: At a meeting with Councilmember Mark-Viverito, Lantern Development, Magic Gardeners & More Gardens!, Lantern Development has opted to change their plans to preserve Magic garden where it is located.

Young Devils, Developers 116 Block Association are meeting through Councilmember Melissa Mark- Viverito to preserve the community garden.
The developers ignored Councilmember Mark-Viverit's requests to meet and come up with a negotiated land use plan the developers have reduced the avenues to keep the communities long growing oasis where many seniors prosper. We are asking for the interior garden space to be acceible to the outside and made into a community garden.

Chenchita - Farmers market and community workdays are coming up.

Three community gardens, one of which was completely destroyed another partially by Loewn Group Development, are being made permanent assisted by Councilmember Melissa Mark- Viverito. They are La Cuevita, Pueblo Unido and Tito Puente garden (110th street block assoc). We are waiting for replacement fruit trees and new iron gate fences paid for by the developer.
Fourth community garden, Perla del grup Ponceno - resisted dramatical change from a very large Casita to a more green community garden and may soon be developed on.

After months of anticipation and presistance, El Gallo is also going to be preserved in its entirety, Sanidad del Ciello and Minni Barrio community gardens will be relocating into El Gallo. Again thanks toCouncilmember Melissa Mark- Viverito and the big Gingko tree. El Gallo presently is a location for the construction of a brand new Casita built by Chema (Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo) and Fernando (El Flamboyan), through GreenThumb.

Councilmember Dickens district: Needs to meet with community gardens
after 2 years of calls and requests.

-Central Harlem Endangered Gardens many have been bulldozed none as
yet preserved.

Inez Dickens 2 years and HUG is still waiting for a meeting.

-Mapping all Harlem endangered community gardens

LES

Councilmember Gerson's district: Has stood by the children's Magical Garden. Needs to make the HPD lots preserved under Parks

Children's Magical Garden Coucilperson Gerson anounced that the developer Serge Hoyda is not interested in selling his one third of the garden plot -
HPD Meeting to make the other 2/3ds into parks with Alan's support.
Rally into the community board with proposal?

Brooklyn Coney Island has endangered community gardens- Need Help

Unity Tower Tenant Association-- 1917 Surf Avenue, contact: Mr. Verzell Thomas, 718-946-6067

Senior Citizens Block Association of Mermaid Ave-- 2917 West 20th Street, contact: Mr. James Simmons, 718-946-3452

Surf Side Garden-- 2829 Surf Avenue, contact: Mr. Mahow Henry, 347-546-0023

CD Update, release date and release celebration.

Grants, Fundraiser.