Marie macchiarolo2015masccc

1. FOOD IN THE CITY An process to assess land suitable for urban agriculture. Marie Macchiarolo, Abigail Elwood & Emily Berg The Conway School

2. Springﬁeld, MassachuseAs Albany, NY Boston, MA HarEord, CT SPRINGFIELD •  PopulaGon 153,552 (US Census 2012) •  34.6% of residents below poverty level (ACS 2009) •  44.5% percent of households are food-‐insecure (FRAC 2010)

3. Vacancy – not just an eyesore.

4. Urban Agriculture CommiAee (2010 a[er SFPC) ➔  Advocate for policies that create opportuniGes and infrastructure for people to grow their own food ➔  IdenGfied vacant lots as an opportunity for urban agriculture Springfield Food Policy Council (2010) ➔  Oversees public and private efforts to improve food security ➔  Has diverse representaGon in membership -‐ farmers, distributors, health care, residents, non-‐profit organizaGons, municipal departments

5. How do we know where we can grow? Is the soil contaminated? Will the garden be accessible to the community? Which neighborhoods need a community garden? Is the site big enough? How can I access vacant land? Who will beneﬁt? Is it the “right” site? Where is urban agriculture permiAed? ?

6. Stakeholder Input

7. Scope of the Assessment Community Gardens Commercial Farms Community & Youth Farms Urban Orchards

8. GIS Inventory & Assessment City-‐owned, structure-‐free, vacant lots In January 2014 there were over 500 vacant lots in Springﬁeld.

9. Tiered Results ➔ Tier 1 criteria focus on the immediate and neighborhood condiGons of the site. ➔ Tier 2 criteria also relate to neighborhood condiGons for which mappable data was not available. ➔ Tier 3 criteria relate individual vacant lots to broad, city-‐wide consideraGons. GOOD BETTER BEST

10. AssumpGons ü  All sites that met the Tier 1 criteria may be suitable for urban agriculture. ü  If not idenGﬁed as hazardous, soils are suitable for agriculture. ü  City water can be accessed from every site and is suitable to use to grow food. ü  Adequate sun is available.

11. Ground Truthing ü  Street width ü  Vehicular traﬃc ü  Fencing ü  Surrounding buildings and exisGng vegetaGon ü  Soil should be tested or use raised beds

12. Criteria for Community Gardens

14. Tier 1 = 27 parcels

16. Tier 2 = 6 parcels

18. Tier 3 – Environmental JusGce

19. Tier 3 – Food Deserts

20. Tier 3 – Parks and Open Space

21. Community Garden Results Tiers Parcels Tier 1a 39 Tier 1b 27 Tier 2 6 Tier 3 3 GROUND TRUTHING OBSERVATIONS ü  sits on a narrow two-‐way road ü  exisGng split-‐rail fence surrounds the property ü  lot “cleaned and greened” ü  some tree debris on the property will need to be cleared ü  good solar access ü  trees and scrub to the east of the property

22. Urban Agriculture CommiAee: Strategic Planning Short Term Goals: ➔  PrioriGze a robust community garden network ➔  Expand the capacity of Gardening the Community Long Term Goals: ➔  Land Tenure

23. Currently in Springﬁeld Community Gardening Ordinance (2012) ➔  Encourages ciGzen engagement in urban agriculture, ➔  Acknowledges the beneﬁts of urban agriculture, and ➔  Permits people to peGGon to temporarily use vacant lots for urban agriculture. Hen Ordinance ➔  Will be introduced into the discussion this year

24. Deﬁning Success Municipal Support "   Passing addiGonal ordinances to ease implementaGon "   Water access Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) "   Awarded grant dollars for infrastructure Private sector support "   Currently a missing component

25. FOOD IN THE CITY Marie Macchiarolo marie.macchiarolo@gmail.com The Conway School of Landscape Design www.csld.edu 332 South Deerﬁeld Road Conway, MA 01341 Find this report on ISSUU hAp://issuu.com/conwaydesign

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