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Healthy City
Fall River has been sponsoring the development of community gardens
throughout the City to permit local residents the opportunity to raise
vegetables close to home. Healthy City Coordinator David Weed met with
residents of the Doolan Apartments in the City's South End on May 4,
2009 to talk about the possibility of creating one or more gardens
within the housing development that serves elderly and handicapped
residents. Fall
River Housing Authority Family and Youth Services Director Joey DaSilva
discussed the proposal with residents after Dr. Weed outlined the basic
organization of community gardens. The tenants' association will discuss
the idea in subsequent meetings and determine what they want to do.
Click here
for more information about the community gardens project,
here for soil testing and
here
for plant and seed selection. For further
information, contact Dr. Weed at 508-324-2411or Family and Youth
Services Director
Joseph DaSilva at
508-675-3527. |
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(Top row, left and right) Fall River Housing Authority Family and Youth Services Coordinator Joseph DaSilva describes the opportunity that is available to residents to develop flower and vegetable gardens within the Doolan Apartment complex in the City's South End. (Top row, center) Joe DaSilva, Shirley Al-Saied, Donald Aubin, Addie Adams, Joyce Riley and Doolan Apartment Manager Ivelisse Veras gather in front of the planned flower garden area. (Middle row, left) Doolan Apartment resident Donald Aubin poses questions about how a shared garden space would work. (Bottom row, left) Dr. David Weed answers questions about how Healthy City Fall River would support their efforts to start a garden. (Bottom row, center) Mr. DaSilva looks over the area behind the development that could provide space for a vegetable garden. |
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