On October 4th, a group of us (community gardens/commons group and the co-op group) made our second trip to Mart. We left at around 8am and just barely made it to our 10am meeting at the co-op with individuals invested in both our projects. During the meeting, Adrianne, Amy and I presented our first draft of the garden/commons design to a few members of the board and Jack Holder, the master gardener. Personally, I have mixed feelings about the meeting and the expectations of the board members. All in all, I think it went well. We received some feedback about our draft and the changes they'd like to see. Jack was the most vocal and his input was highly appreciated. The two board members seemed to be focused on the maintenance aspect of the garden. In my head, I was thinking, "One thing at a time. Let's pace ourselves." The most pressing matter at this point is getting the board members to vote and pass the proposal to create a garden/commons space at the library. We also want to generate community excitement about this space and try to get folks of all ages involved in this project. For this reason, we met with the principals of both the high school and middle school last Monday. During this meeting, I got the sense that the schools were interested in getting their kids involved, although they seemed to have a lot on their plate at this point, with sports and other events to prepare for. The principal of the high school, LouAnn Wolf, allowed us a time to meet with the high schoolers this coming Monday to create some awareness about this project. We are looking forward to connecting with the students there and possibly getting their support.
This past week, we were able to create a revised draft of the garden design. Also, we created a flyer that we sent to the high school. I thought maybe you guys would like to take a look. NOTE: Since I couldn't upload pdf file images to this page, I posted the revised draft and the the flyer as new posts through scribd.
Cheers!
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