{"id":19,"date":"2020-10-17T21:41:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T21:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2020-10-30T04:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T04:02:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MINI-yellow-flower.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"38\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-line-1024x38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-line-1024x38.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-line-300x11.png 300w, http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-line-768x29.png 768w, http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/green-line.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":163,\"mediaLink\":\"http:\/\/www.laurelton.nyc\/resilience\/about\/mini-yellow-flower-2\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":15} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 15% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\",\"fontSize\":\"large\"} -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Origin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>The Garden Of Resilience <\/em>is the\u00a0 first community garden existing between the tri-community of <em>Springfield Gardens,<\/em> <em>Rosedale<\/em> and <em>Laurelton<\/em>. The green space represents a labor of love between schools, communities and grassroots organizations within the Southeast Queens communities. Three years ago local organizers identified an abandoned lot in <em>Springfield Gardens<\/em> by using the interactive map powered by <em>596 Acre<\/em>s.\u00a0 The map identified that the land was owned by the City of New York and had the potential to serve as a green space. Grassroots organizations, <em>DIVAS for Social Justice<\/em> &amp; <em>Operation Clean Up<\/em> worked together with local elected officials and other community stakeholders to\u00a0 ensure the land was transferred to the NYC <em>Parks &amp; Recreation Department under the Green Thumb Program.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Process<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Through the transformation process, the abandoned lot served as the catalyst to empower community youth from Laurelton to organize and petition local residents of <em>Southeast Queens<\/em> to sign a petition for the transferring of the land. Students from <em>P.S 156, The Linden SDA School<\/em> and <em>P.S 132 c<\/em>ollected signatures by the <em>Laurelton LIRR station <\/em>during rush hour while cleaning and beautifying the local space. After almost two and half years of planning, the community garden land was approved and on track to start the build out of the green space in February of 2020. In March of 2020 the United States entered a global pandemic affected with the onset of COVID-19 halting all businesses and activities within the city which halted the Garden\u2019s progress . In response, the local organizers of the garden identified the challenge as an opportunity to bring community members together to address the issues of the global pandemic, in particular, the issue of food insecurity. While only being allowed to maintain the land of the potential garden, the founders made the decision to have all future produce grown in the garden directly donated to the community for free.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Mission<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The Garden Of Resilience will stand as a beacon of hope and sets the goals of:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing nutritious foods, strengthening community ties, and creating a more sustainable food system.<\/li>\n<li>Providing STEM\/STEAM based activities for the greater community and providing the opportunities for local educators to utilize the space for learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serve as one of the 1st interactive community gardens in New York City by utilizing Virtual Reality, QR Codes and Augmented Reality for a just and sustainable life in communities of color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The garden is located at: 179-18 145th Drive,<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Springfield Gardens, NY 11434<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The Origin The Garden Of Resilience is the\u00a0 first community garden existing between the tri-community of Springfield Gardens, Rosedale and Laurelton. 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