Finance Committee - 02/05/2020 Page 6
And from what | can see of the pictures it does seem to be a vehicle that does have a quality second life for
such a worthy cause. So thank you for that extra work in doing that.
Mr. Caggiano
Thank you.
Alderwoman Lu
I’ve never heard of this group. | wish that they had been able to come and how many clients do they currently
service, does anyone know?
Mayor Donchess
Not a huge, huge number, do you know?
Mr. Caggiano
So Grow Nashua has been working in the City for many, many years and we’ve worked and partnered with
them to create community gardens in areas that are somewhat blighted and it has been very successful.
Justin has been involved with putting the community gardens on the rail trail and was involved in the
community gardens that are behind Citizen’s Bank which he rents out and they rent out to people; very, very
inexpensively to grow. And | am currently working with him on a project over at Salem and Toll Street. There
is a little playground that we are renovating and across the street, the Toll Street Mission they used to call it.
We are going to be putting in community gardens there as well through a grant. We are going to be able to
supply garden space for people in those neighborhoods. That’s what he does; he’s also done a lot of work
with the schools as well.
Mayor Donchess
Gardens at various schools.
Alderman Klee
You see a lot of small ones also on Manchester Street, going part way down, there’s a little triangle that’s also
a Grow Nashua little tiny community garden. They have herbs and different things there. And their web site is
GrowNashua.org.
Alderwoman Lu
Oh | went to the website and | didn’t see any way to find out.
Alderman Klee
Find out about them?
Alderwoman Lu
| mean | am just a little, it’s new to me the idea of giving an asset to someone that we want to, | guess. To me
it does seem like $4,000.00 just giving to somebody because they asked. | don’t have a relationship with him, it
sounds like he’s been around for awhile now that you’ve answered my question to me, of mine rather. But
when he does make the gardens around town, do we give him the spot to do it in and he puts in like sweat
equity? Is that his contribution?
