[alliedbulk] Come to City Hall June 24 to Defend Our Gardens!

[pierre]

> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY:
> NYC COMMUNITY GARDENS COALITION ACTION ALERT!
> JOIN US AT CITY HALL WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 @ 10AM

> FOR AN IMPORTANT CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THE FUTURE OF OUR GARDENS!
>
> We urgently need all gardeners and garden supporters to bring your  
> voices and letters of concern to a public hearing sponsored by City  
> Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation at City Hall and speak  
> up for the preservation of all community gardens! We need as many  
> people as possible to attend to prove our political (voting) power -  
> so bring friends and forward this message far and wide!
>
> If you are a Parks or a city-operated GreenThumb community garden  
> and think you are safe, THINK AGAIN! Your garden is not safe, as the  
> Attorney General's agreement that saved us in 2002 is set to expire  
> in 2010 with NO OTHER legislation in place to protect us!
>
> The hearing will focus on the future of community gardens in NYC and  
> specifically Resolution #1890, which calls upon the City to map all  
> GreenThumb community gardens in NYC as parkland, thereby giving them  
> stronger protection for the future!
>
> NYC City Council Hearing on Community Gardens
> Wednesday June 24th @ 10:00am
> Committee Room @ City Hall
>
> City Hall is located in City Hall Park. (map) You can enter the  
> plaza from either the west side of the park at Broadway and Murray  
> Street or the east side at Park Row.By Subway: #4, #5, #6 trains to  
> City Hall/Brooklyn Bridge; #2, #3 trains to Park Place; W, R trains  
> to City Hall; C, A trains to Chambers Street By Bus: M15 to City  
> Hall/Park Row
>
> Please bring: ID to enter City Hall and 20 copies (double-sided) of  
> your prepared testimony as to why your garden - and all gardens -  
> should be made permanent (if you need help to make copies, please  
> call us - the most important thing is for you to BE THERE!).
>
> Also bring: Youth from your garden (now that school is out - their  
> stories are very powerful), your garden's scrapbook, pictures, and  
> banners. Our representatives need to understand the deep importance  
> of the community gardens.
>
> If you cannot make the meeting, but want to submit testimony, you  
> can mail or fax it by June 24th to:
> Gary Altman, Legislative Council
> Council of the City of New York
> 250 Broadway 15th Floor
> New York NY 10007
> Att: Community Gardens Hearing - June 24, 2009
> Fax: (212) 442-6420 (Attn: Gary Altman)
>
> For more information: See NYCCGC website (www.NYCCGC.org) for  
> recommendations to protect our gardens, links to Resolution 1890,  
> the Attorney General's agreement, and more. If you have any  
> questions, call us at 888-311-3993.
>
> New York City Community Gardens Coalition - United We Grow!
> The mission of the New York City Community Gardens Coalition is to  
> promote the preservation,
> creation and empowerment of community gardens through education,  
> advocacy and grass-roots organizing.





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