Breaking News! Montclair's City Council Declares Support of Urban Ag by Passing Community Gardens Ordinance

[Tobias Fox]

See attached document. 

Jose German-Gomez (joseg...@gmail.com) posted on Facebook:  

"On January 23, 2018, Montclair's City Council passes a resolution declaring the Township of Montclair's support for the creation, protection and long-term sustainability of community gardens--Community Gardens Ordinance R-18-030" 

Thanks to Jose and his colleagues for authoring this resolution, which gained the support of two council members who would later help get it passed into law. This is not just a win for the City of Montclair, but for all of us in the urban ag movement! 

Will East Orange, Newark and Irvington be next to write and/or pass policy to help create an easier political environment and public space for a local food system? 

The language alone is enough to make you wanna do a praise dance!

WHEREAS, community gardens are any piece of private or public land where plants are grown and maintained by a group of individuals in the community. Community gardens often produce food for individual consumption, but may produce food for sale, be designed for beautification of the community, or be used for educational purposes; and

WHEREAS, community gardens make a significant contribution to the civic and cultural life of communities and create gathering places that bring people together across boundaries of age and ethnicity; and

WHEREAS, community gardens provide access to healthy, culturally specific food for people of all economic backgrounds, allowing residents to improve nutrition and lower food costs; and

WHEREAS, community gardens may provide positive attributes as urban green spaces: they beautify areas, build a sense of community among neighbors, abate criminal activity, and prevent trash accumulation, dumping, and littering; and

WHEREAS, community gardens contribute to the preservation, access to, and use of open space, vacant lots, and public parks; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Township of Montclair, in the County of Essex, that the Community Garden Guidelines attached hereto as Exhibit A are hereby adopted……

https://www.montclairnjusa.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_5276204/File/Government/Mayor%20&%20Township%20Council/2018%20Meeting%20Agendas/January%202018/01-23-2018/R-18-030.pdf 

Onward and upward.....

Tobias A. Fox

www.sasglocal.com

Cell: 646.399.0337

[Marieliz Monclova]

Great so

www.monclovahealthcoach.com 

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