State land bank going green, offering vacant lots for community gardens
Michigan’s Land Bank is getting ready to unload some property to Detroit’s urban farmers.Excerpt:The State of Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority is making its inventory of nearly 7,000 vacant lots statewide — 6,000 in Detroit alone — available as community gardens via its Garden for Growth program.”Our goals, in addition to finding productive uses for these vacant plots, is to support the Governor’s Urban Food Initiative,” says Carrie Lewand-Monroe, the Michigan Land Bank’s executive director. “We’re hoping to help allow folks in urban areas to access fresh, healthy food.”Read the rest of the story here.
Michigan’s Land Bank is getting ready to unload some property to Detroit’s urban farmers.
Excerpt:
The State of Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority is making its inventory of nearly 7,000 vacant lots statewide — 6,000 in Detroit alone — available as community gardens via its Garden for Growth program.
“Our goals, in addition to finding productive uses for these vacant plots, is to support the Governor’s Urban Food Initiative,” says Carrie Lewand-Monroe, the Michigan Land Bank’s executive director. “We’re hoping to help allow folks in urban areas to access fresh, healthy food.”
Read the rest of the story here.
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