Wouldn't this be a great idea to use here?!?!?!
(Resolutions are NOT Codes/Laws...they are however, strong suggestions for activities that help citizens. This would be a great undertaking for 4H groups, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Community Outreach Agencies, etc. to work with their local jurisdictions to make our communities more attractive. It does not require the planting and growing of only edible products although that is a kewl idea. It could also be used to grow plants that could later be transplanted into the multiple planters and garden areas around the town. That's community spirit. That's PROGRESSIVE. Why not extend the application to look at those areas in conservation also. Lots of good ideas could spring from this with a neighborhood focus that helps us all.)
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 343
Expressing the sense of the General Assembly in support of the use of state
and local vacant land for gardening by families and senior citizens.
Agreed to by the Senate, February 23, 1995
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 22, 1995
WHEREAS, various state agencies, departments and political subdivisions hold
title to land that is currently vacant and unused; and
WHEREAS, such land may be put to temporary and productive use to assist
Virginia's families and senior citizens; and
WHEREAS, many families and senior citizens would like to supplement their
diets with healthful, nutritious and fresh garden produce; and
WHEREAS, gardening can provide enjoyment, relaxation and stress-reduction
benefits at a low cost while aerating and enriching the soil; and
WHEREAS, the act of tending a garden on vacant land may discourage littering,
vandalism and other destructive misuses of public property; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That state
agencies, departments and political subdivisions be encouraged to make vacant
lands available to families and senior citizens for the purpose of gardening
until such time as the property is put to a more permanent use; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to Virginia agencies, the Virginia Association of Counties, and
the Virginia Municipal League to apprise them of the sense of the General
Assembly in this matter.