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Can you not create a new community garden? Your city/park district should have a process in place for doing so (who's land is it on?). Back when I lived in Ch
by OldHand2018 5y ago
Can you not create a new community garden? Your city/park district should have a process in place for doing so (who's land is it on?).
Back when I lived in Chicago, they made it easy to create one. You were subjected to non-adversarial bureaucracy to make sure you were serious enough about creating something that would last for years and would actually be used by the community, but I had never heard of any denials and worked on two different ones in parks near my place.
- alistairSH 5y agoFriends have tried to get them allowed on community property within their neighborhoods with zero success. The HOA bureaucracy doesn't allow it (not explicitly banned, but the HOAs appear incapable of doing anything new). As for parks, none with available space would be any closer than the one where I'm currently waitlisted. And I doubt any would allow any shed-like structures. Either way, I meant in a more general sense - I wish community gardens were more of "a thing" in the US, especially in cities.