<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#0000bf;">I received a letter today from Director John Moore of the Department of Urban Planning and Development.<br>He thanks us for
our work in 2009, and regrets to inform us that they will be using a
different agency to manage the gardens this year. <div><br>As of this date, The Akron Cooperative has nothing more to do with the Akron Community Gardens.<br>Please direct all inquiries to the City.<br><br>It was a pleasure working with all of you; I'm not shutting down the news list, so continue to look for tidbits every now and then.<br><br>Best of Thymes,<br>Larry<br><br></div><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">Lawrence A. Parker</span><img alt=""><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Executive Director</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Akron Cooperative</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">234-525-0543</span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.akroncooperative.com/">http://www.akroncooperative.com/</a></span><br><br style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 127,
64); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</span><div><br></div>
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