NYC Community Garden Mapping Project Partners

This project would not have been accomplished without the support of many partners. Community Gardeners, other volunteers, Community Greening and Environmental Organizations, city, state and federal agencies, corporations and foundations have all played a role in the New York City Community Garden Mapping Project.

• GreenThumb has supplied us with the database of GreenThumb gardens, photographs, field collected data and assistance with data verification.
• Open Road helped to develop the Summer Youth Mapping project, field corrected Manhattan Community Board 3, was a lead partner in developing a project to train youth and adults in GIS mapping skills and hosted GIS Day 2000 activities at East Side Community High school. Open Road worked with Brotherhood/Sister Sol and El Puente on the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project to field correct Community Board 9 in Manhattan and Community Board 1 in Brooklyn. Open Road youth surveyed community gardeners in Brooklyn and Manhattan in the 2002 Summer Youth Mapping project.
• Magnolia Tree Earth Center was a partner in the 2000 Summer Youth Mapping project and the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project and field corrected Brooklyn Community Board 3. Magnolia Tree Earth Center youth surveyed community gardeners in Brooklyn in the 2002 Summer Youth Mapping project.
• Parks Council's Americorps Teams developed a project to add community facility information to the database and field corrected Bronx Community Board 1.
• New York Restoration Project's Americorps Teams field verified Brooklyn Community Boards 4 and 16 and Bronx Community Board 2.
• New York City Environmental Justice Alliance was an original project partner and helped to develop the concept for the project.
• New York City Community Garden Coalition was an original project partner and helped to develop the concept for the project.
• NYPIRG's Community Mapping Assistance Project (CMAP) developed the OASIS and CGMP web sites and was a partner in the project to produce printed maps of the community gardens.
• ESRI, Inc. provided technical assistance, assisted with the training for the Summer Youth Mapping project and was a major sponsor of GIS day 2000.
• CENYC's Environmental Education Program's Training Student Organizer students field corrected Bronx Community Board 3 in the 2000 Summer Youth Mapping Project and Brooklyn Community Board 6 in the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project. Training Student Organizer youth surveyed community gardeners in Brooklyn in the 2002 Summer Youth Mapping project.
• Fordham Bedford Children's Services was a community partner in the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project and youth in their program field corrected Bronx Community Board 7.
• Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition was a community partner in the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project and youth in their program field corrected Bronx Community Board 5. Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition youth surveyed community gardeners in the Bronx in the 2002 Summer Youth Mapping project.
• West 181st Street Beautification Committee was a community partner in the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project and youth in their program field corrected Manhattan Community Board 12.
• The Brotherhood- Sister Sol was a community partner with Open Road in the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project and youth in their program field corrected Manhattan Community Board 9.
• El Puente was a community partner with Open Road in the 2001 Summer Youth Mapping Project and youth in their program field corrected Brooklyn Community Board 1.
• Mid Bronx Seniors Neighborhood Partners Initiative youth surveyed community gardeners in the Bronx in the 2002 Summer Youth Mapping project.

Project Funders

• Youth, Community Gardens and Urban Environment Initiative of the Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc was the founding supporter of the project, supported the development of the web site and the production of printed maps.
• Levitt Foundation supported the 2000, 2001 and 2002 Summer Youth Mapping projects.
• Open Accessible Space Information System (OASIS) is a cooperative effort of non-profit open space and environmental organizations, city, state and federal agencies, and corporations that helped to secure additional funding for the project and in-kind support.
• Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation provided ongoing support and matching funds for the project.
• Urban Resources Partnership funded a project to train youth and adults in GIS mapping skills.
• The Conservation Technology Support Program granted the project a GIS software package.