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City of Grover Beach: Save the Grover Beach Community Garden
  1. Signatures
    64 out of 400
    Petitioning
    1. City of Grover Beach
  2. Created By
    Angela Henderson
    Grover Beach, CA
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Community gardens are a positive aspect of a local community and they:

a. preserve green space;
b. improve the quality of life for gardeners and surrounding community residents;
c. provide healthy activity for older citizens, learning opportunities for young people and exercise and outdoor recreation and therapy for all gardeners;
d. reduce crime;
e provide opportunities for intergenerational and cross-culture connections and interactions
f. in these recessionary times the garden provides opportunity for people to grow their own food as well as to provide for others.
The City of Grover Beach wants to sell off the community garden parcel simply to maintain their budget reserves while hiding behind the guise of pursuing a low income housing project for which the garden site is not well suited. This is short-sighted policy.

Consider that San Luis Obispo has not one, not two, but four community gardens. Morro Bay’s community garden is full, and Arroyo Grande’s garden has a very long waiting list. Clearly there is a demand for community gardens. The fact is our city could easily support even more gardens, if current trends are any indication. So why destroy the only one we have?

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Save the Grover Beach Community Garden

Dear Council of Grover Beach:


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Community gardens are a positive aspect of a local community and they:

a. preserve green space;
b. improve the quality of life for gardeners and surrounding community residents;
c. provide healthy activity for older citizens, learning opportunities for young people and exercise and outdoor recreation and therapy for all gardeners;
d. reduce crime;
e provide opportunities for intergenerational and cross-culture connections and interactions
f. in these recessionary times the garden provides opportunity for people to grow their own food as well as to provide for others.

The city wants to sell off the community garden parcel simply to maintain their budget reserves while hiding behind the guise of pursuing a low income housing project for which the garden site is not well suited. This is short-sighted policy.

San Luis Obispo has not one, not two, but FOUR community gardens. Morro Bay’s community garden is full, and Arroyo Grande’s garden has a very long waiting list. Clearly there is a demand for community gardens. The fact is our city could easily support even more gardens, if current trends are any indication. Please do not destroy the only one we have.

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Sincerely,

[Your name]

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