Truth To Power | Shively Community Food Park | Aug. 12, 2022
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This week’s Truth to Power is all about access to public land for urban food growers and community benefits. Joining us this week are several key players in the proposal for a Shively Community Food Park (https://www.facebook.com/ShivelyCommunityFoodPark/) that will be going before the Shively City Council on Monday evening! Haileigh Arnold is Manager of the Hope Community Farm, a project of Gate of Hope Ministries, that will soon be displaced from its home on Bicknell Ave. and would like to relocate to Shively. Alix Davidson is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Food Literacy Project, whose Iroquois Farm has already been displaced and is eager to provide urban farming opportunities for Shively’s youth. And LeTicia Marshall from Bearfruit & Grow is the Shively resident who first had the vision for converting Shively’s abandoned golf course on Crums Lane into a productive, healing, and recreational space for the community.
The Shively City Council will be discussing the proposal for the Shively Community Food Park on Monday, Aug. 15th, 6:45pm, Shively City Hall (3920 Dixie Highway). Most members of the Shively City Council have told organizers that they will not be supporting this important proposal. This is very discouraging news, but there has not yet been an official vote. Organizers have submitted a final written proposal and are calling for the Council to vote on it at the next council meeting on Aug. 15th. The organizers are encouraging citizens to show up, have their voices heard, and get a clear answer from the City.
If you’d like to speak and make a public comment, you’ll need to sign-up between 6:15 and 6:30. But the meeting starts at 6:45, and supporters can also just show up - there will be signs & fans available to show support. More info on the meeting is at shivelyky.gov/events
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