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.
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GreenThumb
has supplied us with the database of GreenThumb gardens, photographs, field
collected data and assistance with data verification.
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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.
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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.
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Parks Council's Americorps Teams
developed a project to add community facility information
to the database and field corrected Bronx Community Board 1.
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New York Restoration Project's Americorps Teams
field verified Brooklyn Community Boards
4 and 16 and Bronx Community Board 2.
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New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
was an original project partner and helped to
develop the concept for the project.
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New York City Community Garden Coalition
was an original project partner and helped to
develop the concept for the project.
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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.
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ESRI, Inc.
provided technical assistance, assisted with the training for the Summer
Youth Mapping project and was a major sponsor of GIS day 2000.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mid Bronx Seniors Neighborhood Partners Initiative
youth surveyed community gardeners in the Bronx in the 2002 Summer
Youth Mapping project.
Project Funders
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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.
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Levitt Foundation
supported the 2000, 2001 and 2002 Summer Youth Mapping projects.
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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.
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Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation
provided ongoing support and matching funds for the project.
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Urban Resources Partnership
funded a project to train youth and adults in GIS mapping skills.
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The Conservation Technology Support Program
granted the project a GIS software package.