Fee increase for Community Gardens

[Nicole]

Hello Gardeners

I posted on this topic previously and have an update.

Some of you may know that the Department of Recs and Parks has been
discussing some fairly dramatic policy changes that includes a fee
hike to $120 per plot per year for community gardens located on their
property. Milagro is not on Recs and Parks land (we lease from the
Department of Transportation) so the changes at least for now do not
appear to affect us. However, several other gardens will be impacted
by these changes which are summarized in the following report. The
changes include a much greater role for Recs and Parks in managing
community gardens and in setting rules that gardens and gardeners must
follow, including garden hours of operation, etc.

http://www.laparks.org/commissionerhtm/pdf2011/apr06/11-105.pdf

If you wish to weigh in on this, there is a need for community
gardeners to attend a meeting with the Recs and Parks Board this
Wednesday, April 6th at 9am - near the Colliseum. I will post the
exact address, etc. when I learn of it.

Thanks!

[Nicole]

The meeting for those who are interested and can make it will be held:

Wednesday (tomorrow) at 9.30am, The EXPO Center, 3980 S Bill Robertson
Lane 90037, second floor. Parking is in Lot 1 at the corner of MLK
Blvd and Bill Robertson Lane.