Fall River Housing Authority Family and Youth Services Coordinator Joseph DaSilva invited local officials, residents and all those who were involved in helping to create the housing development's second community garden for an opening event on July 7, 2010 at the Oak Village Apartments in the City's North End. Mr. DaSilva thanked the Mayor's Office, YouthBuild, the Oak Village Apartments tenants' association, and his own summer youth staff for their contributions to making the garden available to residents. "Gardening is one of the best things that anyone can do for their health, both for the exercise and for the great nutrition the vegetables produce" noted Healthy City coordinator David S. Weed, Psy.D. Click here to read the Herald News article. Click here for pictures of the Doolan Apartment Community Garden opening last year. Click here to see all of the community gardens in Fall River. For further information about the Oak Village Community Garden, contact Family and Youth Services Director Joseph DaSilva at 508-675-3527. For more information about Fall River Community Gardens, contact
 

(Top row, left) Housing Authority maintenance worker Dave Machado uses a backhoe to turn the sod for the garden in May. (Top row, center) YouthBuild instructor Harold Denfeld and students Samuel Chevere and Kevin Pontes look on while Adam Rapoza shakes Fall River Housing Authority Family and Youth Services Coordinator Joseph DaSilva's hand as they are thanked for their work in constructing the garden earlier this spring. (Top row, right) YouthBuild students Sam Harwood and Luke Berube construct the garden bed in April. (Middle row, left) Health City Fall River Coordinator David Weed points out the health advantages of raising garden vegetables as Fall River City Councilor Ray Mitchell and Mayor Will Flanagan look on. (Middle row, right) Joey DaSilva thanks the Department of Public Works for providing the soil and Xavier Flowers for plants and seeds. (Bottom row, left) Mayor Flanagan presents Oak Village tenants council chairman Joe Cabral with a citation for their support of the garden project. (Bottom row, center) Oak Village residents Virginia Rebello, Marie Perry, Toni Costa, and Terry Petruci, point out some of the vegetables in the garden with Mayor Flanagan as Housing Authority Executive Director Tom Collins and Harold Denfeld watch from behind. (Bottom row, right) Councilor Mitchell and Mayor Flanagan help Joey DaSilva unveil the sign for the Oak Village Community Garden.