Fwd: Area Commission Green Plan Draft Now Online

Hello, NECKO - The University Area Commission has an update on the neighborhood green plan and a meeting has been scheduled to review it, please see below...

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The Green Plan Draft  is now available for download. The University Area Neighborhood Green Plan was started in June '07 and after several open meetings with area residents, business owners and area stakeholders, the first draft is now available for download and additional comments.  There will also be a Green Plan open house to discuss the next steps as we prepare to present the plan to Columbus City Council.

Green Plan Open House
When: Wednesday, April 30th 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Where: Northwood High Building, 2231 N. High Street
Directions

If you plan on attending, please read the Green Plan Draft in advance as it is a 60 page document. You may comment at the meeting or online.

If you have any comments or questions please email University Area Commissioner Elan Daniel at elandaniel@gmail.com

Community Garden Information

Hello, Neighbors!

I want to thank everyone who attended the NECKO meeting about the Community Garden on April 15th, I am really excited that this is starting to come together. For those of you who missed the meeting, we discussed some options for starting a community vegetable garden in the NECKO neighborhood.

The site we are looking at is located behind Perry St. between the alleyway and the parking lot for the county morgue. The property is managed by OSU and for permission to use this area for a community vegetable garden we will need to put together a site plan and get it approved by OSU. I asked everyone to come up with some ideas on how we would like this project to progress, and to just start thinking of some cool ideas on how to pull it all together.

Some major hurdles to clear include water sources, compost, funding, membership options, volunteer management, a name for the garden, what to do with any produce, and things we'll need such as tools, seeds, etc. There are quite a few resources available to us, especially here in Columbus, so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions I encourage and welcome you to send me an email @ seancunningham2000@yahoo.com or call my cell phone @ (330) 715-7259.

The next meeting will be this Thursday, April 24th at 7pm, at Creative Living on the corner of Perry St and 8th Ave.

See you Thursday!

-Sean Cunningham

Special Neighborhood Meeting on April 15th: Community Garden & Spring Cleanup

Good afternoon -

There will be a special topic neighborhood meeting at Creative Living (corner of 8th & Perry) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15th. 

Sean Cunningham, a neighborhood resident and University Area Commissioner, will be talking about ways to get a community garden in our neighborhood.  Don't forget to fill out the neighborhood survey on community gardening by clicking here:  NECKO Gardening Survey

At the meeting, we'll also discuss plans for a spring cleanup event. 

If you cannot attend, we'll try to get any details or plans posted to the website after the meeting. 

We'll see you on the 15th!

William

PS Please feel free to forward this notice to any interested friends or neighbors.  And don't forget that all of the information is also available at www.necko.org.