Town Of Arcadia Garden-Louisiana Contact Person’s name: Jacqueline D. Sampson Special gratitude goes to the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and Community Resources Connections, Inc., for providing the grant to establish the Town of Arcadia Community Garden and to Ms. Peggy Wright for the use of her land and for recognizing the importance of this initiative …
Louisiana National Guard-Youth Challenge Program-Louisiana Contact Person: Umeca Briscoe Carville, LA The Louisiana National Guard (LANG) – Youth Challenge Program at the Gillis W. Long Center was one of 5 community organizations to receive a community garden grant in Louisiana from the Community Resources Connection (CRC), Inc., in 2024. CRC collaborated with the United States …
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DEEP DOWN ROOTS COMMUNITY GARDEN – Louisiana Name of contact person: Ann-Meredith Wootton Community Garden Address: 2781 Sage St, New Orleans, LA, 70122 The Edgewood Heights neighborhood in New Orleans, LA, is made up of 50 families, predominantly Black grandmothers (60-90 years old) and young Garifuna and Latinx families. Our community is located far from …
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Community – Louisiana What a difference a year makes? Reflecting over the beginning of our community garden project to the present, there has been many lessons learned, accomplishments made, disappointments had, but all to enhance the road to a brighter future. First, we would like to thank Community Resource Connection for …
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Shreveport Green – MLK Community Garden -Louisiana Christopher Dupree, Project Manager As a result of a generous grant from the USDA-National Resources Conservation Service, in collaboration with Community Resources Connection, Inc., the Shreveport Green – MLK Community Garden received a new drip line Irrigation system that was installed for constant watering of all 32 raised …
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