Overview: Portland Community Gardens

The goal of this project is to to increase community gardening opportunities in the city, thereby better meeting the recent increase in demand for community gardens, while capturing the current public attention on environmental and community sustainability, food security, and public health.

Project Documents

  • Signed Declaration of Cooperation [pdf]
  • Declaration of Cooperation June 2, 2010 Signing Ceremony Program [pdf]
  • Oregon Solutions project request letter, July 29, 2009 [pdf]
  • Governor Kulongoski designation letter, August 19, 2009 [pdf]
  • Oregon Solutions October 2, 2009 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Commissioner Nick Fish Vision Memo [pdf]
  • Oregon Solutions November 13, 2009 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Oregon Solutions January 22, 2010 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Oregon Solutions March 19, 2010 meeting notes [pdf]

Declaration of Cooperation Signing Ceremony - photos

  • Portland Community Gardens Team [jpg]
  • Declaration of Cooperation Signing, from left to right; Stephanie Hallock, Oregon Solutions; Michelle Harper, Portland Parks & Rec; Nick Fish, Portland Commissioner and Project Convener; Leslie Pohl-Kosbau, Portland Parks & Rec [jpg]
  • Declaration of Cooperation Signing, from left to right; Tammy VanderWoude, Oregon Food Bank; Debra Lippoldt, Growing Gardens; Kathy Dang, Oregon Tilth; Karen Wolfgang, Independence Gardens [jpg]
  • Declaration of Cooperation Signing, Mark Ellsworth, Governor's Economic Revitalization Team [jpg]
  • Commissioner Nick Fish introducing Dilafruz Williams, Co-Chair of the Portland Public School Board [jpg]

Regional Food Network meeting notes and materials

  • Regional Food Network April 6, 2010 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Regional Food Network February 1, 2010 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Regional Food Network March 2, 2010 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Regional Food Network April 6, 2010 meeting notes [pdf]

Organizational Structure Work Group meeting notes and materials

  • October 27 meeting notes [pdf]
  • November 5 meeting notes [pdf]
  • November 20 meeting notes [pdf]
  • January 11 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Organizational structure outline [pdf]

Demand Work Group meeting notes and materials

  • November 10 meeting notes [pdf]
  • Summary of Demand Issues [pdf]
  • December 1 meeting notes [pdf]
  • January 14 meeting notes [pdf]
  • March 19 Demand Group summary [pdf]

Resources Work Group meeting notes and materials

  • October 30 meeting notes [pdf]
  • November 16 meeting notes [pdf]
  • December 7 meeting notes [pdf]
  • January 15 meeting notes [pdf]
  • February 19 meeting notes [pdf]

Immediate Needs Task Force meeting notes and materials

  • January 19 meeting notes [pdf]
  • PPR Community Gardens Immediate Strategies [pdf]
  • January 26 meeting notes [pdf]

Plans and Maps

  • Food Policy Council Recommendations, February 2008 [pdf]
  • Food Policy Council Recommendations, November 2009 [pdf]
  • Diggable Cities Report, June 2005 [link]
  • Diggable Cities Report Phase II, February 2006 [link]
  • Diggable Cities Report Phase III: Implementation Strategies and Recommendations, July 2007 [link]
  • Portland 2030: A Vision for the Future - Environment section [link]
  • Voices from the Community: visionPDX Input Report [link]
  • Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon: Community Food Assessment Report [link]
  • Portland Public Schools List of School Gardens [pdf]
  • Inventory of Faith-Based Gardens [pdf]
  • City of Portland and Multnomah County Climate Action Plan 2009 [link]
  • Community Gardens and Wait List Map [pdf]
  • Multnomah County - "County Digs" Resolution [pdf]
  • Multnomah County Food Initiative [pdf]
  • Portland Plan (scroll down for Food Systems info) [link]
  • Map of all gardens in Portland area [pdf]

Resources for Gardens

  • Commissioner Nick Fish: Community Gardens Toolkit [link]
  • Portland Parks and Recreation: Community Gardens Handbook [pdf]
  • Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon: Tips for Creating a Community Garden [pdf]
  • Portland Public Schools Garden Procedures [link]
  • Growing Gardens Organizing Worksheet [pdf]
  • NPLAN: Establishing land use protections for community gardens [link]
  • Public Health and Law Policy: Land use planning for food system advocates [link]
  • Harvest Reports: Community Gardens in Philadelphia, Camden and Trenton [link]

Participating Organizations

Project Contacts

  • Convener: Commissioner Nick Fish
  • Project Managers: Stephanie Hallock and Kim Travis
 
 
 

 

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