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We had a great turnout at the Fountain/Western Ave. Community Garden work day on Saturday. It was a beautiful morning and more than 100 folks showed up to show their commitment to the community by pitching in to build the new community garden that our office spear-headed with the help of L.A. Works and Home Depot. This garden will not only beautify a previously vacant lot, but it will also serve as an urban oasis for members of the community to meet and work together, get some fresh air and provide a source of fresh fruits and vegetables for the community.

As Bob Johnson, founder and chair of L.A. Works, said on Saturday, our new president has called us to service and it was particularly heartening for me to see so many young people heed that call at such a local level.

For more opportunities to help your community, check out LAWorks.com.

Here’s a short video we put together at the event:

This entry was posted by Eric on on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 at 1:00 am and is filed under Community Development, Neighborhood Beautification, The 13th District. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.