West Ridge Community Garden?

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The post above is a mug shot of a parcel of land on my block. It was part of a double lot that held a single, dilapidated house that was torn down in 2004. Half of the land was developed into a large brick house, but clearly the parcel was subdivided into two pieces, because the current owner of the split half of the lot hasn't ever developed or landscaped the remaining lot on the corner.

So I'm thinking about starting the process to repurpose the land as a community garden, at least until some developer decides the economy has recovered enough that people might actually want to buy something built there.Who's with me?

The land in question is here, on the corner of Birchwood and California. I know several of the readers of this blog are in striking distance to this area, and I'm hoping a few of us might be interested in joining together to use this vacant land more efficiently. It would be especially good if you live in a condo or apartment and don't have easy access to a suitable backyard for planting. GreenNet is a good website for discussing the process of a community garden, to give you an idea what might be involved.

Please email me at fightplot@gmail.com or comment on this posting is you are interested.