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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Four community gardens began
to emerge in Fall River in mid-June 2009
thanks to the hard work of a number of
volunteers who have a vision of fresh vegetables available to low and
moderate income City residents.
St. Luke's
Church and the
Church of the
Holy Spirit have offered some of their property for use by local
residents in establishing garden plots in the Niagara and South End
Neighborhoods of the City. The Fall
River Housing Authority has partnered with
YouthBuild of Fall River to construct a raised bed for use by senior
citizens in the Doolan Housing Development. And,
Bristol Community College is
partnering with community members and organizations to establish an
organically-maintained community garden at the Fall River Campus.
Produce from this garden will be distributed to local food kitchens and
other charities.
Grants from Wal-Mart,
Citizens-Union
Savings Bank and BMC HealthNet Plan
have paid for shed materials and rototiller rental.
YouthBuild Fall River has provided labor to construct the sheds
and a raised bed at the Doolan Apartments. Volunteers from
CD-REC and
Massachusetts Promise
performed the bed preparation.
Click here
for information about the Healthy City community garden project and
here
for a presentation on plant and seed selection. For further information
about the St.Luke's garden, contact
Rev. James Hornsby at 508-672-6607, for the Church of the
Holy Spirit
garden call 508-672-5571 or
office.hsfr@verizon.net,
for the Doolan Apartment garden contact
Joe DaSilva at 508-675-3527,
and for the
BCC project contact
Peter Schuyler
at 508-678-2811, Ext. 2214. |
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(Top row) Massachusetts Promise Fellow Brendan Sullivan and CD-REC Program Director Jamison Souza use a Roto-Tiller to transform space across from St. Luke's Church on Warren Street and property on Almond and Middle Street owned by the Church of the Holy Spirit into community gardens. (Middle row, right) Fall River YouthBuild students construct a raised garden bed at the Doolan Apartments on Mitchell Drive. (Bottom row, left) Dennis Silvia, Jerry Sousa and Frank Lebeau of Columbia Towing deliver sheds constructed by YouthBuild to the Doolan Apartments and Bristol Community College community gardens as Ray Gove and Terry Moran watch. (Bottom row, right) Bristol Community College Director of Building and Grounds Joe Dessa and Peter Schuyler of the Division of Mathematics, Science and Engineering, are happy to see the shed in place for the community garden at the South end of the campus. |
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