[Akroncooperative-news] Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) introduces the Community Gardens Act of 2009

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Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) introduces the Community Gardens Act of 2009


Today, Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) introduced the Community Gardens Act of 2009 with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)  The bill creates a grant program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to compensate community groups for up to eighty percent of the costs associated with starting and maintaining a community garden.

 "Locally, the City of Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods maintains almost two thousand community garden plots on 23 acres of land, which serve almost four thousand urban gardeners in the area," said Inslee. "With this legislation, we can help programs like the ones in Seattle and at 21 Acres in Woodinville, and we can expand opportunities to all American households to share in the numerous benefits of local gardening."

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