The Demonstration Garden project at Skinner Park has been selected a finalist to obtain a grant from the National Parks and Recreation Association. The winner will be based on votes collected online from now to April 30. Voting is allowed once per day, every day per person until April 30th.
How it works:
Register to vote with your email, facebook, etc.
There are two ways to help:
1) Submit Skinner Park, Chicago IL as your favorite park for a chance for us to to win $20,000 when you first register. This part only has to done once.
2) Select Chicago, and then Community Roots Demonstration Garden and submit your vote. Be sure to vote every day!
Please visit the NRPA website for more information to vote – http://www.
“Voting officially opened today for the NRPA Parks Build Community Grant award! Please help spread the word and get out the vote – the grant will provide us the funds we need to build the Outdoor Classroom at the Community Roots Demonstration Garden, and provide a permanent home for garden learning at Skinner Park. Three Chicago Park District finalists were selected for this opportunity, but only one will win the award.” – Kristen Brock, Chicago Park District.
The Skinner Park Advisory Council have been in discussion with the Park District and the Park District is willing to having a true community garden as part of the project so that community residents can get a bed to grow their own veggies, etc. There will be no fee for residents to get a bed but they have to commit to a certain number of volunteer hours to help with the garden and Skinner Park. Any excess food grown in the demonstration part of the garden will be donated to a local food pantry in the West Loop.
Voting is allowed once per day, every day until April 30th – so tell everyone you know to vote early and often! To vote – http://www.