MISSION STATEMENT. 100 Quincy Community Garden 100 Quincy St. Brooklyn NY quincy.wordpress.com

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1 MISSION STATEMENT 100 Quincy is a project to transform a vacant, underutilized lot in Bedford-Stuyvesant into a thriving urban garden and welcoming community space. We have individual and communal garden plots to share locally grown produce with residents. Through educational programming, rainwater collection, and composting, we promote sustainable practices that benefit the neighborhood. 100 Quincy Community Garden 100 Quincy St. Brooklyn NY quincy@gmail.com 100quincy.wordpress.com

2 SIDEWALK/STREET 23 FT SIDEWALK/STREET Front Gate 10 FT Perimeter of the garden can be a combination of flowers, herbs, general landscaping and community growing space. Perhaps here we can experiment with different plants/methods (Japanese Garden) 20 FT Tables Plot Front of the garden has benches and is welcoming and can double as a demonstration and meeting area with the picnic tables. Compost collection bins. When these become full they are taken to the back where there is a larger collection system. 30 FT Walkways filled with either gravel or mulch. Plots are roughly LOT 37 5 feet in diameter. LOT 39 With the hexagon shape more plots can fit into the space while giving a large amount of growing room. Plots can just be portioned off on the ground or be raised beds. 40 FT Grill 50 FT Table 100 FT Table 60 FT Benches & chairs Trees or shrubs. These can also be container gardens of some kind. 70 FT Pond 80 FT This system has a plastic cover and wooden slats that can be removed from the front. The sides are a mesh screen. 90 FT Area for further development such as bees and/or chickens. Rainwater storage options Compost Collection System Storage Shed & Rainwater Collection? 100 FT

3 COMMUNITY ENDORSERS Q - Quincy Street Block Association Contact: Lu Wiggs, President 79 Quincy St lwiggs@optonline.net Community Board 3 Parks, Art, and Culture Committee 1360 Fulton Street, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY Phone: Contact: Marion Little, Chairperson lmariopacb3@aol.com Brooklyn Food Coalition 33 Flatbush Ave, 5th Floor Brooklyn NY Contact: Beatriz Beckford beatriz@brooklynfoodcoalition.org Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant (CIBS) (206) Contact: Aysu Kirac, Program Manager akirac.cibs@gmail.com Greene Hill Food Coop 18 Putnam Avenue (718) Contact: Renée Renata Bergan renegade@west.net The Commons Brooklyn 388 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY Contact: Melissa Ennen melissa@thecommonsbrooklyn.org CLEXY Block Association Contact: Laura Benko, President laura@benkofengshui.com 596 Acres Contact: Paula Z. Segal, Lead Facilitator paula@596acres.org Brooklyn Children s Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue Brooklyn, NY P: Contact: Greta Pemberton gpemberton@brooklynkids.org Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Co-op Daycare (d/b/a The Co-op School) 87 Irving Pl., (ages 2-4) Irving Main Office: Brevoort Pl., Brooklyn, NY (ages 4-6) Brevoort Main Office: Contact: Meredith Gray, Executive Director Meredith@thecoopschool.com New York Restoration Project 254 W. 31st St. 10th Floor New York, NY Contact: John Parsons Douglas, Community Initiatives Coordinator jdouglas@nyrp.org Brooklyn Public Library Bedford Branch 496 Franklin Avenue Contact: Nicholas Franklin 100 Quincy Community Garden 100 Quincy St. Brooklyn NY quincy@gmail.com 100quincy.wordpress.com

4 VOLUNTEERS Martha Rosas (cell) (home) Sheena Livingston 261 Gates Ave, Apt 5B Brooklyn NY (843) Mary Elizabeth Prall 317 Putnam Ave, Apt 2L Brooklyn, NY Suzanne Metzger 88 Quincy Street, Apt suzanneametzger@gmail.com David Ludwig 88 Quincy Street, Apt Grace Wu 101 Quincy St. Apt 4L gwu.475@gmail.com Khemenec Pantin 81 Quincy Street khemenec@gmail.com Adam Welz 81 Quincy Street Adamwelz@gmail.com Alexis Stewart 317 Putnam Ave Brooklyn, NY alie.k.stewart@gmail.com Graham Cavanagh 41 Lexington Ave. #2 glcavanagh@gmail.com Kate Lindstedt 356 Franklin Avenue Apartment 2 (510) Katherine.Lindstedt@gmail.com Shaun Williams 88A Quincy, # swilliams@york.cuny.edu Christopher Nicols 88A Quincy christer6788@gmail.com Joe Palozzi 105 Lexington Ave joe@joepalozzi.us Carey Shively 148 Clifton Place carey-shively@yahoo.com Nadia Jones 88 Quincy St, # lil1honey@aol.com Olivia W. Wiggs 79 Quincy St owiggs4004@gmail.com Lu Wiggs 79 Quincy St lwiggs@optonline.net Dibriel Ragsdale 71 Quincy Street drags1906@aol.com Tu Harris 431 Classon Avenue #2B misstu@gmail.com Francine Delgado fdelgado1147@gmail.com Quincy Community Garden 100 Quincy St. Brooklyn NY quincy@gmail.com 100quincy.wordpress.com

5 A NOTE FROM OUR NEIGHBOR Dear HPD, As a long time resident of Quincy Street (since 1976), I support the 100 Quincy Lot Group and their community building efforts. The green space on the 100 Quincy Street lot would be an area for my neighbors to interact with one another. More important, a new mixed- use space on this block is greatly needed for our neighborhood. Over the years I have experienced what can happen when neighbors work together. I believe in cooperation and how it benefits the entire community. I would love to see neighbors share in the responsibility of making our area better. In the past, neighbors have banned together to resolve some negative problems occurring on this block. Now I see the same unity to further enrich our neighborhood with something positive. I have gotten positive feedback when discussing the use of the lot with neighbors. Please permit the 100 Quincy Lot Group to use this space on 100 Quincy as a nucleus for beautifying our sidewalks, edifying our children on nature, and greening our shared village. If you have any additional questions, please contact me at Sincerely, Lillian Summers 79A Quincy Street Brooklyn, New York Quincy Community Garden 100 Quincy St. Brooklyn NY quincy@gmail.com 100quincy.wordpress.com

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7 100 Quincy Community Garden Survey Results Take the survey: facebook.com/100quincy click on survey monkey 41 responses as of % of respondents live in the area directly around the garden. The rest live elsewhere in Brooklyn. Other zip codes include 11233, 11221, and How can the 100 Quincy lot best reflect your needs and those of the community? Garden Co-op Open space for group functions Urban Agriculture (Beekeeping, Chickens, Food Production) Quiet space for reflection and reading We will be required to host at least one event per year. What type of programming event would you be interested in creating? Workshops on sustainable environments Workshops on organic cooking Workshops on planting and soil enrichment Workshops for children on urban gardening We have created three preliminary layouts of the garden. Which design do you feel best makes the space available to the community? Design 1 Design 2 Design 3 None of the above Selected Quotes This would be a great addition to the neighborhood Green space is great! Thank you so much! This is deperately needed! Would be great to have the garden in the community in any form! I'm really excited! I live at 420 classon, am a science teacher, and would love to get involved. It would be great to convert that empty lot to a multifunctional community space including urban agriculture and opportunities for interaction and events. I fully support this project! Good luck! :) I am so excited about working to grow this community garden! Two things important to me are composting and rainwater collection. As president of the Clexy Multi Block Association, I endorse this project and will help mobilize our 100+ members of the Classon, Quincy and Lexington area. - Laura Benko, President, CLEXY I would like to see more involvement and engagement with the community rather than individuals (who may not live on the block) being assigned their own plot to garden. How can the youth be involved? Teaching gardening? Selling vegetables? I think it's important to make sure the space is maintained and people stay interested. This is truly a collaborative effort and it needs to be made sure that many people continue to be involved. Looks great!

8 100 Quincy Community Garden like us facebook.com/100quincy follow us 100Quincy.wordpress.com contact us give your input surveymonkey.com/s/f8l65nn get involved Next Meeting: Sept. Clean-Up 16, 11AM Date TBA Quincy St.