Hello everyone,
Yesterday I met with Deborah Eadie who heads up the NJ Transit Adopt-a-Station program. She was very helpful and gave me a packet to begin the application process to adopt the Count Basie Monument site. We can discuss this further, including how / if we would like to proceed, at our meeting on Monday night at 7 at Zebu.
More importantly, Ernie and I attended the RiverCenter's breakfast meeting this morning. Ernie gave a short introduction to our quest to get a site and the response was very enthusiastic! There are many possibilities to tie our garden in with local business and restaurants. Several business owners expressed an interest in possibly sponsoring plots, and using some herbs from our garden to promote Red Bank as a "locavore" town. Ernie and I then walked around town and talked to a few other restaurants that were not in attendance, dropped off some brochures that I made up for them, and spread the word that a community garden IS coming to Red Bank!
It seems that the representatives from the RiverCenter were also enthusiastic about the idea of a community garden.
At our upcoming meeting, a priority should be to discuss what our new top sites are.
We keep hearing enthusiasm for the Middle School, including the front of the school. If we agree, we can put together a proper proposal for Laura Morana, the superintendent of Red Bank Borough Schools, then she can present it to the board of education. We won't really know if the Middle School is possible until we present them with our organized ideas, and of course we have a proper look at the site by our farm engineer.
All good things to discuss!
Remember, if you plan on weeding on Saturday morning, please wear long pants and closed-toe shoes.
Thank you and please let me know your thoughts--
John
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