The Community Garden Coordinator, with a coalition of community partners, will facilitate the creation of an intergenerational training ground for small-scale, intensive, sustainable agriculture. Working with a dynamic team of project leaders, the VISTA will transform an abandoned parcel of land into a garden bursting with nutritious vegetables grown by refugee families, middle school students, and other neighborhood residents.

The Coordinator will:

1. Collaboratively develop a concept plan for the garden with input and approval from neighborhood residents and partner agencies.

2. Coordinate the building and development of the garden.

3. Fundraise $2,000 for garden materials and coordinate installation with volunteers.

4. Recruit 150 partner agency representatives and neighborhood residents to participate in workdays, educational workshops, and ongoing garden maintenance.

5. Develop a system for measuring impacts of the garden on participants.

For more information, see https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=48981

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Mark Stewart
Senior Project Manager

Office of Sustainability
University of Maryland
www.sustainability.umd.edu
301-405-4633 (office)