[CPEO-BIF] Gary Indiana urban farm and learning center

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Officials dedicate site of future urban farm in Gary

By Lu Ann Franklin
Northwest Indiana Times
October 22, 2011

GARY - Stewardship of the land and the work of those who came before  
dominated as themes during the prayer and dedication service Saturday  
at the Stewart House Urban Farm and Gardens in the city.

Pastor Katurah W. Johnson, of Christ United Methodist Church,  
presided over the service at the corner of 15th Avenue and  
Massachusetts Street. The property is owned by the church and will  
become an urban farm and learning center, with planting scheduled for  
the spring.

History abounds at the site, said Sandra Rodriguez, market manager of  
the Miller Beach Farmers Market and one of the project leaders. The  
John Stewart Memorial Settlement House once stood there, established  
through the efforts of Trinity Methodist Church and Pastor Frank  
Delaney in the mid-1920s.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/ 
article_d11b50eb-2b19-5903-a12a-7cc430c511fa.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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