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Here I am eating fresh picked black raspberries (from one of the communtiy patches) thinking how nice it is that we are all so busy.  Gardens are being tended, greens harvested, vacations planned, and the future activities for our group are baing organized right now!

Recently we were represented by several of our members at the Route 50 Gateway community presentation and public forum.  The reports back are that good progress is being made by the design team to provide safer access and better connectivity between Spa park, West Ave, Route 50 and points north.  The round-about idea of course raised a few eye-brows but from many perspectives this is a solution that might do the most good and least harm.   But whatever the solution I’m confident the design team will propose the most feasible set of solutions that will promote active transportation and put it on equal footing with automobile traffic.  In addition to better connectivity for all users I am hoping for real evidence of thought toward innovative stormwater design and green infrastucture.

Also if you missed the presentation last Tuesday you really missed out.  It was great, entertaining, insightful, and provoking.  Our speakers were nimble with well supported answers and Bob Millis did a fantastic job moderating and keeping up the flow of the evening.

That meeting was a great capstone to the first half of the year.  We will take the next two months off of having regular public meetings and instead work in small teams to move our projects forward and plan for a strong finish to the year.  We got some great ideas and surprises in store.  Plus the impending kick-off of our Biggest Loser Challenge! Lets all try to make sure we can make as much of it happen as possible.

So back to the garden for me.  It looks like some of the garlics are actually ready to harvest.  Its the first time I’ve ever grown them so the harvest and curing is a bit of an experiment.

Congratulations and thanks to Casey Holzworth and Sioban A’Hearn for getting Saratoga’s first community garden up and running at Stonequist Apartments.

The plots will be open to all residents of the building on a first-come-first-serve basis.  Remaining plots will be open to other community members.

Please see the fact sheet for details!

Hopefully this will lead to future gardening activities in our community.  I’ve already seen two “guerrilla gardens” sprout up on vacant land this spring.   Its a good thing.

SARATOGA SPRINGS CITIZENS OUTREACH COMMITTEE

INVITES YOU TO A PUBLIC DISCUSSION

WHEN: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm

WHERE: Saratoga Springs Public Library

Let’s have an open discussion with local experts and leaders regarding housing, transportation, land use and the direction of our city.

Featured speakers include:

Matt Veitch -  Saratoga County Supervisor

Joanne Yepsen – Saratoga County Supervisor

Edward Spychalski – Executive Director of Saratoga Springs Housing Group

Jaclyn Hakes -  Principal Planner for the City of Saratoga Springs

Celeste Caruso – Co-Chair, Sustainable Saratoga

Mary Marsicano – Chair of the Citizens Transportation Committee of Saratoga County

Cathi Anne Cameron – Media Coordinator, Sustainable Saratoga

Saratoga Healthy Transportation Network

And YOU!

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