Hello list serve members, I am glad that my recent post has generated some discussion, even though people were only able to see the title of the post. I feel that legislative issues such as these are vital to attend to, and has been mentioned, they are often overwhelming.
I am completing my masters of City and Regional Planning at the Ohio State University, and my thesis focuses on these elements of community garden development. I will be addressing them by researching the history of community gardens here in Columbus, Ohio, and then exploring those legislative tools that would be able to protect current gardens. My hopes are that this research will be able to help activists in our cities and in others to address the challenge of secure land tenure. My post was a request for examples of activists using official, legislative channels to protect their gardens and other open spaces developed through grassroots activism. If any of you have experience with these issues, please send me your stories, or contacts of other people that I could interview. These are complex issues that are crucial to the sustainability of community gardens and democratic open spaces in our cities. I would be more than happy to share the results of my research with those who are interested in these topics. I will also be writing a policy brief in the near future for the Center for Farmland Policy Innovation which will focus on Agricultural Zoning within urban and peri-urban areas, and I will be happy to share this information as well. I thank you in advance for you interest and time. Sincerely, Heide Martin Planning and Policy Intern Center for Farmland Policy Innovation Department of Agricultural, Environmental, & Development Economics 337 Ag. Admin. Building 2120 Fyffe Road Columbus, OH 43210 614.247.6479 http://cffpi.osu.edu martin.814 at osu.edu _________________________________________________________________ Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
