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A
Next,
mr
mayor,
I'm
going
to
ask
irene
shaver
to
come
forward
at
this
time
and,
if
renzo,
buckner
is
here
as
well.
But
they've
got
an
update
for
this
council
or
want
to
share
their
project.
The
george
washington,
victory
garden
and
farm
growing
hope
and
reclaiming
our
community,
mr
runzell
buckner
and
irene
shaver.
A
Thank
you
for
being
here
and
mike
is
yours.
Good
morning.
B
That
project
led
from
the
war
on
drugs
to
the
billing
of
george
washington
carver
high
school,
which
is
to
basically
which
was
basically
developed
to
give
our
kids
within
our
community
a
nice
decent,
updated
magnet
school.
That
would
be
enjoyable
for
them
to
go
to
and
also
enjoyable
for
our
city
to
see.
B
And
then
we
moved
on
to
the
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail.
The
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail
was
developed
in
order
for
our
city
to
know
some
of
the
contributions
that
african-americans
have
made
to
this
city.
To
make
it
the
great
city
that
it
is
to
understand
each
other
and
to
learn
to
love
each
other,
we
must
learn
something
about
each
other,
and
that
trail
was
also
developed
because
of
the
fact
within
the
african-american
community.
B
The
purpose
for
this
garden
is
to
teach
the
kids
in
our
school
system,
where
food
come
from,
how
it
managed
to
get
to
the
shelves
on
the
stores
and
also
about
healthy
eating,
because
this
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
must
focus
on.
One
of
them
is
healthy
eating
and
the
other
is
cutting
down
on
the
violence
within
our
community
and
also
cutting
down
on
the
dropout
rates
within
our
community.
C
Could
have
the
presentation
up
all
right?
Thank
you
for
having
us
here.
My
name
is
irene.
I've
been
working
for
renzel.
D
For
about
two
years
and
we've
been
working
really
hard
on
this
proposal
and
we're
so
honored
here
to
give
it
to
you
today
give
you
updates
on
our
progress
and
make
this
pitch
to
you.
So
the
garden
is
called
the
george
washington,
carver
victory
garden
and
farm,
and
the
purpose
of
it
is
to
grow,
hope
and
reclaim
our
community.
D
I'm
going
to
show
you
a
professional
design
done
by
realm
and
ed
hoffman
they're
a
firm
out
of
columbus
ohio
that
we
went
through
this
professional
design
process.
With
turn
turnaround,
columbus
was
formally
founded
in
2005
ronzell's
been
doing
community
work,
his
entire
life,
so
the
legacy
of
turn
around
columbus
extends
beyond
that.
But
our
mission
is
to
empower
and
inspire
youth
and
with
hope,
opportunities
and
the
tools
to
succeed
through
community-based
education.
D
The
community
drug
fighters
was
cleaned
up
a
lot
of
these
neighborhoods
around
where
we
work
carver
heights
and
kendrick's
quarters,
and
it
what
we
really
learned
from
that
as
an
organization
was
that
we
knew
how
we
figured
out
how
to
use
community
agency
to
really
reclaim
their
own
communities.
So
how
to
empower
and
channel
that
potential
in
communities
get
them
involved
in
interacting
with
the
police
and
the
city
to
really
clean
up
these
neighborhoods
that
had
gotten
quite
dangerous
and
had
a
lot
of
drug
activity.
D
George,
the
carver
high
school
renovation,
was
another
thing
we
were
involved
in.
That
was
a
37
million
dollar
project
and
ronzell
really
was
out
on
the
streets,
garnering
support
for
that
and
making
that
a
priority
for
the
district.
So
we
partnered
with
the
school
district
for
a
long
time.
What
happened
when
that
school
was
renovated
is
that
carver
went
from
a
low
performing
high
school
to
one
of
the
best
performing
high
schools
in
columbus,
and
what
that
teaches
us
that
informs
our
approach
is
that
investment
matters,
investment
in
students,
high
expectations,
beautiful
places
to
learn.
D
It
really
improves
student
achievement,
and
we
we
have
the
data
to
support
that
that
really
turned
around
the
performance
of
that
school.
So
people
meet
your
expectations
when
you
invest
in
them.
The
the
martin
luther
king,
outdoor
learning
trail
as
rondell
said,
is
part
of
this
project
of
rehabilitating
this
2.2
mile
of
martin
luther
king
jr
boulevard.
D
D
So
part
of
the
mission
here
is
to
create
a
model
that
can
be
replicated
in
other
cities
of
how
do
you
reinvest
in
these
places
that
have
become
forgotten
that
have
become
sacrificed
zones
in
your
city
and
really
live
up
to
that
legacy
of
of
dr
king?
And
how
do
you
highlight
the
african-american
populations
in
your
city
and
all
the
contributions
they've
made?
So
this
trail
has
11
markers
of
local
columbus,
african
american
heroes,
and
these
are
our
our
kids
in
our
program.
D
D
So
this
is
where
we
work.
The
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail
runs
from
downtown
all
along
martin
luther
king
boulevard,
and
then
it
goes
up
to
making
the
road
right
make
him
run.
Anyways,
this
is
a
martin
luther
king
boulevard,
right
here
behind
jd
davis,
elementary
school
and
behind
the
marshall
success
center,
which
used
to
be
marshall
middle.
This
used
to
be
spencer,
high
school,
we're
in
between
brown
avenue
and
17th
avenue.
D
There's
a
10.3
acre
lot
that
the
muskogee
county
school
district
has
given
turn
around
columbus
in
a
memorandum
of
understanding
to
manage
indefinitely
to
build
this
10
acre
youth
run
farm
and
community
innovation
center.
This
land
has
been
not
used
for
many
many
years
on
two
sides
of
it:
our
giant
recycling.
D
D
These
are
the
data
from
the
census
block,
which
is
the
martin
luther
king
boulevard,
census,
block
65
of
the
families
in
this
community
live
in
poverty,
that's
three
times
the
rate
of
columbus
as
a
whole.
What
that
means
is
a
family
of
four
makes.
Fourteen
thousand
dollars
a
year,
that's
it
very,
very
difficult
to
invest
in
any
long-term
property
or
investments
really
hard
to
provide
rent
and
food
at
a
high
quality
for
your
family
eighty-five
percent
of
the
fa.
The
population
is
eligible
for
food
stamps.
D
This
is
a
food
desert,
meaning
there's
not
healthy
food
options
within
10
miles.
It's
a
high.
It
has
one
of
the
highest
crime
rates
in
the
city.
It's
classified
as
one
of
the
most
dangerous
neighborhoods
and
the
top
three
health
problems
in
columbus
and
in
this
area,
but
are
disproportionately
represented
in
african.
American
populations
are
diabetes,
heart
disease
and
poor
nutrition.
D
A
hundred
percent
of
the
children
that
we
work
with
at
jd
davis,
elementary
and
in
our
farm
leaders
program,
are
on
free
and
reduced
lunch,
meaning
that
they
are
low
enough
income
that
they
rely
on
the
school
for
one
of
their
meals
a
day,
and
this
is
all
to
say
that,
despite
this
terrible
context,
children
still
have
dreams,
and
this
is
national
data.
45
percent
say
they
want
to
own
their
business.
D
In
the
most
disproportionately
disadvantaged
populations,
our
principal
initiative
is
creating
this
10-acre
youth-run
farm
and
community-based
learning
and
innovation
center,
and
the
purpose
of
that
is
to
reclaim
this
community
from
cycles
of
poverty
and
violence
and
to
create
a
new
path
forward
for
youth
and
their
families.
That
has
opportunity,
hope,
health
and
productive
community
engagement
in
it.
D
We've
been
working
on
this
for
a
while,
always
building
partnerships,
getting
community
feedback
and
support
and
volunteer
engagement
turnaround
columbus
is
one
of
the
most
credible
organizations.
I've
ever
worked
with
in
terms
of
its
integrity
to
the
community
and
community
ties.
There's
a
lot
of
community
into
this
project
into
the
design
and
conception
of
it.
D
In
october,
we
got
the
school
board
to
sign
the
mou
formally
and
we
we
received
twenty
thousand
dollars
from
the
crime
prevention
grant.
So
thank
you.
That
is
the
only
money
we
have
and
it
has
allowed
us
to
do
wonderful
things.
In
november,
we
went
through
a
professional
design
process
with
rome
and
ed
hoffman
and
got
it
all
costed
out
with
turner
construction.
D
You
should
be
getting
a
package
of
the
design
renderings
and
all
the
costing
that
was
done
by
this
national
construction
firm,
and
it's
really
like
down
to
the
screws.
It
is
the
worst
case
scenario
numbers
because
it's
you
know
it's
fully
featured
everything.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
cost
savings,
and
I
hope
this
is
the
beginning
of
many
conversations
with
the
city
about
that
budget
and
what
we
could
possibly
do.
D
D
D
So
they've
been
wonderful
partners
and
have
advised
on
the
agriculture
business
plan
january.
We
broke
ground
at
the
garden
and
and
opened
the
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail
and
then
in
march
we
began
our
homegrown
hope
program,
which
is
our
saturday
elementary
school
program.
We
have
21
kids
enrolled
in
that
and
then
we
have
our
hope,
dealer
farm
leader
program
and
we
just
hired
10
farm
leaders
which
are
high
schoolers
that
are
going
to
run
that
farm
this
summer
sell
the
produce
and
build
the
business.
D
What
this
looks
like
in
five
years
is
for
five
to
eight
acres
of
food
production
and
orchards,
really
that
would
really
dramatically
change
the
local
food
scene
in
columbus,
we'd
love
to
be
able
to
employ
more
like
40
youth
in
on
the
farm,
and
we
would
run
city-wide
education,
programming
of
all
different
kinds
for
different
ages
and
then
many
community
events
and
nutrition
education
in
our
teaching
kitchen.
So
this
is
our
homegrown
hope,
saturday,
elementary
program
reading,
we
focus
on
reading
nutrition
arts
and
stem
science
and
math
in
the
garden.
D
So
here's
our
kids
are
reading
about
george
w
washington,
carver
he's
a
pioneer
in
agriculture
and
one
of
the
first
african-americans
to
get
his
bachelor's
degree
from
tuskegee
or
not
from
tuskegee.
He
went
and
taught
a
tuskegee
after
that,
but
we
do
snack.
The
kids
often
harvest
their
own.
They
planted
this
lettuce
and
it
was
ready
to
harvest
so
they
harvest
their
own
food.
D
They
all
come
from
the
area.
Housing
projects
and
the
housing
authority
has
partnered
to
provide
pre-free
transportation
for
the
kids
to
come
every
single
saturday.
This
will
run
until
october.
This
is
what
we're
doing
with
crime
prevention
funds.
Third
grade
reading
level
is
a
major
predictor
of
retention
in
school.
D
D
So
the
vision
of
this
design
was
to
take
what
we
know
about
community
building
and
experiential
education
and
couple
that,
with
the
professional
urban
design,
with
the
intention
of
really
elevating
human
behavior
and
creating
economic
opportunity
and
restoring
dignity
to
this
neighborhood.
D
If
you
came
out
here
right
now,
you'd
see
these
empty
athletic
fields,
but
you'd
see
some
of
our
production
in
the
east
field,
but
the
the
vision
here
is
the
that
there's
on
either
side
there's
agricultural
production,
which
basically
is
a
agricultural
campus
for
the
entire
district
to
do
experiential
learning,
there's
greenhouses
in
the
west
field,
there's
a
children's
garden
in
the
west
field,
it's
surrounded
by
orchards.
So
it's
a
living
food
forest
and
we'd
redo
that
track,
so
people
can
walk
around
it.
D
It
could
connect
to
the
martin
luther
king
junior
boulevard,
junior
trail,
which
runs
right
along
the
outside
of
garden.
There
and
we'd
have
a
performance
stage,
and
this
learning
center,
which
has
a
kitchen
and
a
marketplace
in
it,
I'll,
show
you
in
more
detail.
So
this
is
the
central
area.
D
This
teaching
kitchen
would
be
a
partnership
with
hospitals
or
the
department
of
public
health
to
provide
nutrition
education
and
also
a
place
where
we
would
add
value
to
our
agriculture
products,
learn
how
to
and
pass
down
cultural
information
like
having
grandmas
come
in
and
teach
pickling
techniques
to
our
kids
that
helps
us
preserve
our
products.
We
can
sell
them
at
a
higher
price
point.
We
get
that
cultural
transfer
of
knowledge
which
helps
rebuild
back
families
and
culture
in
this
community.
D
D
You
know
teen
nights
around
the
fire,
multi-generational
mentorship,
elders
and
elders
counsel
to
pass
on
knowledge
about
what
the
legacy
of
community
work
in
this
neighborhood
and
in
columbus,
there's
community
garden
spaces
around
that
central
node,
where
people
can
take
ownership
or
have
access
to
land.
This
is
primarily
renter-owned
area.
So
having
access
and
communal
access
like
this
to
land
is
a
huge
it's
a
huge
opportunity
for
many
of
these
families
and
kids.
They
have
zero
context
for
growing
their
own
food
or
interacting
with
nature.
D
These
are
different
pictures
of
it.
There's
a
bit
of
like
a
dining
area.
The
fireplace
is
down
there,
these
radial
beds,
so
what
the
fire
pit
might
look
like,
teaching,
kitchen
children's
garden
these
classrooms
are
tucked
in,
and
this
east
production
field
is
where
we've
gotten
started
with
what
we
have.
D
D
So
this
is
where
we're
at
right
now
it
by
the
end
of
this
year.
I'd
like
to
see
phase
one
started
in
which
orchards
take
a
long
time
to
come
on
so
we'd
like
to
get
started
on
the
orchard
in
the
west
field,
so
that
you
know
three
to
five
years.
We'd
have
production.
There
start
to
delineate
that
central
area
with
the
pathways
and
really
get
that
repurposed
pavilion
because
we're
you
know
we
have
a
port-a-potty
on
site
right
now,
so
we
need.
D
We
need
some
basic
facilities
to
run
phase
two
would
do
the
track
and
the
west
production
field
get
those
greenhouses
in
there.
We
could
do
year-round
production,
higher
value
crops,
children's
garden
and
the
big.
The
big
thing
in
phase
two
is
a
kitchen
and
then
phase
three
would
bring
in
these
community
spaces
the
amphitheater,
the
classroom,
the
fire
pit
in
the
marketplace.
D
So
when
this
is
costed
out,
the
top
top
cost
is
4.9
million
dollars
phase
one.
This
number
is
related
to
what
the
east
field
would
be
if
it
was
fully
featured
six
inches
of
topsoil,
all
the
site
work
that
would
go
into
that
phase.
One
is
1.6
million
phase.
Two
is
1.5
million
and
phase
three
at
500
000..
D
The
thing
I
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
is
the
cost
per
square
foot.
I
know
you
probably
see
comparable
projects
like
this,
but
this
one
is
pretty
coming
in
really
reasonable
at
eleven
dollars
per
square
foot,
and
the
purpose
of
this
is
to
reclaim
our
community
to
provide
an
education,
space,
restore
hope,
opportunity,
generate
peace
and
forever
change
the
trajectory
of
young
people's
lives.
This
could
be
a
huge
place
for
tourism
farm
visits.
D
It's
an
outdoor
experiential
classroom
for
the
entire
district,
so
we
could
book
many
school
visits
there,
but
I
think
our
real
some
of
our
most
important
outcomes
are
what
it
brings
for
community
transformation
just
taking
our
farm
leaders,
for
example,
10
of
them
this
year.
Two
of
them
are
graduating
seniors
if
two
of
them
go
to
fort
valley
state
and
get
a
free
college
education,
they're
first
in
their
family,
to
go
to
to
go
to
college
when
one
person
in
the
family
goes
to
college
that
changes
the
entire
trajectory
of
all
their
siblings
right.
D
If
you
have
one
person
and
you're,
not
the
first,
you
have
way
better
likelihood
of
better
outcomes
in
higher
ed,
and
so
it's
those
kinds
of
sequenced.
It
effects
that
that
we
are
able
to
produce
because
we're
going
to
engage
kids
from
there
from
third
grade
up
until
they're
18
and
bringing
them
through
that
entire
program
of
mentorship
skill,
building,
experiential
learning-
and
these
are
the
experiences
that
matter
in
people's
lives.
D
It
doesn't
you
don't
when
you
learn
a
skill
when
you
gain
confidence
in
yourself
when
you
develop
your
own
business
plan
and
sell
your
own
goods.
These
are
skills
that
are
transferable
to
any
industry
and
they
help
create
the
type
of
mindset
and
self-regulating
behaviors
that
we
need
in
young
people
and
the
types
of
beliefs
that
they
need.
We
need
them
to
have
in
themselves
to
come
back
and
reinvest
in
columbus,
build
their
own
business.
D
D
You're
in
a
position
to
really
take
us
to
the
next
level
and
community
organizations
like
this,
they
can
bang
their
head
against
the
wall
for
years
and
years
and
years
operating
on
a
shoestring,
and
we
could
absolutely
do
that.
We
could
deliver
some
lower
impact
outcomes
with
very
little
money,
but
the
point
of
this
is
to-
and
the
reason
we
went
through
this
professional
design
process
is
to
really
consider
what
is
the
biggest
dream
here
and
what
could
be
totally
pos.
D
What
could
be
possible
so
coming
in
on
this
investment
coming
in
at
this
stage
on
the
ground
floor,
you
really
have
an
opportunity
to
shape
what
it
could
be,
send
a
message
to
this
community
that
you
care
about
them
and
that
has
been
disinvested
in
for
many
years
and
really
shape
the
future
of
the
young
people
in
this
in
this
community
and
realize
this
entire
vision,
instead
of
letting
it
limp
along
through
volunteer
work
and
in
kind
donations.
D
So
we've
been
long-time
partners
of
the
city
and
we
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
We've
also
partnered
with
the
school
district
for
a
long
time.
We
have
these
university
partners
we're
engaged
with
midtown
columbus
housing
authority.
Columbus
waterworks
is
going
to
make
in-kind
donations
to
us
to
get
our
water
in
keep
columbus.
D
Beautiful
is
donating
orchard,
some
of
the
orchard
we're
working
with
the
community
foundation
to
engage
donors,
and
then
we
have
many
many
other
partners,
2wr
and
hecton-brutshaw
we're
working
with
them
to
take
parts
of
this
design,
especially
the
repurposed
pavilion,
and
take
it
down
from
the
conceptual
into
a
plan.
That's
ready
to
give
to
a
contractor
right
now-
and
we
have
you-
have
been
our
biggest
donor
of
the
crime
prevention
program
and
have
allowed
us
to
run
our
programs
and
get
started
on
the
farm.
D
D
I
think,
in
terms
of
investment
turnaround
columbus,
because
we
are
so
deeply
integrated
into
the
community
and
have
so
much
community
support.
That
is
really
the
thing
that
will
make
this
project
move
forward
and
secures
your
investment
in
it.
So
talking
to
you
as
city
council
members,
but
also
just
as
people
in
this
community,
please
come
support
us
there's.
So
many
ways
to
support
us
come
make
a
financial
contribution.
You
can
come
volunteer
on
the
weekend
in
the
garden
and
meet
our
kids.
You
can
visit
us
I'd,
love
to
have
the
city
council
out
there.
D
We
can
show
you
our
farm
and
what
we're
doing
buy
our
produce
and
eggs
and
honey,
and
you
could
donate
spread
the
word
you
could
sponsor
a
flower
bed
along
the
martin
luther
king
outdoor
learning
trail.
You
could
sponsor
one
of
our
youth
in
entrepreneurs
cost
about
a
thousand
dollars
to
sponsor
them
for
a
year
partner
with
us,
invite
us
to
speak,
and
I
just
want
to
open
it
up
for
questions.
F
Hang
on
yes
ma'am.
I
would
like
to
ask:
have
you
I
noticed
in
the
plan
you
have
a
tree
canopy
and
I
think
you
called
it
an
orchard
around
some
of
the
properties
that
you're
going
to
be
developing.
Have
you
thought
about
getting
trees,
columbus
involved
with
helping
you
identify
the
proper
tree
to
put
in
and
where
to
obtain
them?
F
B
We're
working
we're
working
with
a
gentleman
named
lorenzo
zone
jones
who
work
with
the
trees
in
the
city
of
columbus
who's
involved
with
us.
E
G
G
So
I
appreciate
what
you're
doing
and
I
agree
we
all
want
to
obtain
the
american
dream,
and
I
think
that
it's
important
that
we
do
everything
that
we
can
in
order
to
give
individuals
opportunity
to
obtain
that
american
dream.
So
I
absolutely
thank
you.
I
do
have
a
question.
G
In
reference
to
this
1.9
trillion
dollars,
that's
coming
down
in
this
stimulus
package
in
reference
to
how
much
funds
that
we're
receiving
in
our
city,
I
think,
is
79.5
billion
dollars,
and
when
you
mention
tourism,
I
just
want
to
know
how
much
money
are
we
going
to
allocate
as
a
city
in
reference
to
those
funds
that
are
coming
down,
because
maybe
that's
something
that
you
know
we
can
invest
in
in
this
process
and
also
within
that
money
I
think
is
mentioned
small
business
nonprofits.
G
So
the
funds-
yes,
they
are
for
our
local
government.
But
I
do
believe
that,
in
reference
to
this
executive
order,
13
985
is
for
advancing
racial
equity
and
support
for
underserved
communities,
and
that's
exactly
what
this
project
that
you're
doing,
mr
buckner
is,
is
for
racial
equity
in
support
of
under
served
communities.
B
Let
me
kind
of
address
some
of
the
things
that
she's
talked
about
there.
You
know
I
got
to
give
the
credit.
What
credit
is
due.
B
B
B
B
A
So,
mr
mayor
and
counselor
counselor
tucker
to
your
question
about
stimulus,
we
we
will
be
coming
to
council
once
we
are
able
to
get
more
information
regarding
american
recovery
plan.
A
We've
got
a
staff,
stimulus
or
american
recovery
plan
team
working
to
we're
waiting
on
the
treasurer
to
release
more
information,
but
they
are
the
team.
That's
working
to
pull
together
all
of
the
allowable
uses
of
those
dollars
and
and
once
we
get
all
of
the
allowable
uses,
then
we
will
come
to
council
and
and
share
with
you
what
those
uses
are
and
kind
of
what
we've
got
on
our
list
and
try
and
put
that
list
in
priority
order.
A
We
do
know
we
have
a
limited
amount
of
information
that
revenue
recovery.
We
know
is
there
and
and
sewer
rehabilitation
projects
on
that
list
coming
from
the
the
treasury.
But
beyond
that
we
don't
have
a
whole
lot
of
information
and
so
we're
waiting
on
direct
information
on
when
the
first
release
of
funding
will
be
coming
directly
to
us.
A
Looking
through
departments,
we've
challenged
department
heads
to
watch
what
their
association
state
associations,
national
associations
are
saying,
and
what
they're
doing
and
projects
that
are
in
their
area
of
work,
whether
it's
parks
and
rec
or
down
the
line
public
works,
because
we
don't
want
a
missed
opportunity
on
a
project
that
would
have
been
eligible
allowable
and
we
just
didn't
know
it,
and
so,
with
all
of
we've,
challenged
them
directly
and
we've
said
to
department
heads
if
there's
a
public
works
project
or
a
parks
and
rec
project
or
whether
it's
in
elections
or
wherever
it
is,
and
you
don't
get
a
project
on
the
list.
A
That's
related
to
your
area.
That
was
an
allowable
expense,
and
then
you
learned
afterwards
that
your
other
competing
cities
knew
that
and
got
them
in
that.
Shame
on
you.
So
we've
got
all
eyes
and
ears
open
and
looking,
and
once
we
get
more
information
we're
going
to
compile
that
list.
This
is
an
awesome
project
that
mr
buckner
and
irene
shavers
and
turnaround
columbus
put
together.
A
We
are
we've
got
staff
working
to
connect
them
with
the
the
vendor
that
we've
identified
for
the
farmers
market,
that
we
can
connect
them
and
let
them
have
some
conversation
about
what
they're
doing
trying
to
do
at
the
farmers
market
and
what
they're
trying
to
do
on
this
10
acre
site.
So
we
are
going
to
be
looking
at
how
if
there
are
opportunities
for
small
business,
that's
something
the
mayor
has
been
pushing
really
really
hard
for
small
business
in
this
money.
A
That's
coming
down,
but
certainly
projects
like
what
mr
buckner
and
turnaround
columbus
have
brought
forward.
We,
if
there's
an
opportunity,
then
we
want
to
have
that
on
the
list
that
you
might
consider,
but
want
to
thank
mr
buckner
and
turn
around
columbus
for
coming.
H
Mr
buckner,
thank
you
and
dr
shaver
for
coming
today,
as
you
were
talking,
I
thought
about.
I
don't
know
if
you
were
here
earlier
in
the
meeting
when
reverend
strickland
from
truth
springs
was
here,
but
I
heard
him
do
a
presentation.
H
H
The
vast
majority
of
them
said.
I
want
a
job,
I
want
to
be
able
to
work,
and
I
don't
think
that
sentiment
is
restricted
to
the
north
island
community.
I
think
the
kids
in
this
area
that
are
going
to
be
impacted
by
this
program
that
you're
doing
they
also
want
to
work.
They
also
want
to
contribute-
and
I
think,
a
lot
of
times
our
some
of
our
citizens
paint
everybody
with
the
same
brush.
H
H
I
want
us
as
a
city
to
provide
whatever
assistance.
We
can
to
make
sure
that
this
project
is
a
is
a
successful
one.
I
was
thinking
you
don't
want
me
to
work
in
your
garden,
because
I
have
a
brown
thumb
and
even
my
plastic
flowers
die.
H
So
you'd
want
me
to
do
that,
but
I
can
do
other
kinds
of
things
for
this
and
I
think
mr
city
manager,
if,
when
we
get
to
the
point
when
mr
buckner
gets
to
the
point
that
he
has
vegetables
for
sale,
let's,
let's
put
it
on
ccgtv,
go
down
there
and
buy
them,
do
whatever
we
can
to
support
this
this
project,
and
I
believe
that
if
we
do
that,
the
crime
rate
is
going
to
go
down,
the
dropout
rate
is
going
to
go
down.
H
All
of
those
kinds
of
things
are
going
to
be
taken
care
of,
and
I
know
from
several
years,
mr
buckner,
how
involved
you
have
been
and
how
close
to
your
heart,
these
kinds
of
actions
have
been,
and
I
know
that
there
are
people
in
our
community
that
wouldn't
be
where
they
are
today,
if
it
were
not
for
turnaround
columbus
and
ronzell
butler,
and
so
I
want
to
particularly
thank
you
for
what
you
are
doing
in
our
community
and,
let's,
let's
put
out
the
word
and
get
you
as
much
help
as
we
can
so
that
this
will
be
a
very
successful
project
and
program.
H
E
You're
quite
welcome.
Thank
you
ma'am,
mr
bug,
michelle
very
quickly
just
I
applaud
you
going
for
that
national
plan,
because
this
is
very
ambitious,
incredible
project
and
you
use
the
word
transformational.
I
think
this
is
one
of
those
transformational
projects
as
an
opportunity
to
be
because
it
it
has
an
opportunity
to
impact
not
just
citizens
in
that
area,
but
the
entire
community
and
people
who
visit
our
community
are
looking
for
unique
and
different
places
to
go
visit.
So
I
think
you've
got
a
room
full
of
fans.
E
B
If
you
have
a
child
that
goes
north
columbus
or
whatsoever
school
they
go
to
if
they
want
to
get
that
scholarship
free
for
four
years
to
be
a
veterinarian
to
go
into
farming,
agriculture,
engineering
or
whatever
come
out
and
get
involved
in
this
farm,
and
we
will
lead
you
through
to
the
president
of
these
colleges
dean
of
these
colleges.
So
you
can
talk
to
them
and
visit
the
colleges.
B
I
Mr
renzel,
can
you
please
tell
us
how
we
can
reach
you
or
the
public
can
reach
you
and
what
hours
are
the
farms
open
so
that
we
can
go
participate
or
people
that's
interested
can
come
by
and
see
what
you're
doing.
Could
you
provide
us
with
that
information?
Please.
C
So
our
only
paid
employee,
besides
the
the
youth
fighters,
is
our
garden
manager.
Su
royier
she's.
There
typically
tuesdays
to
sundays
from
eight
to
noon,
but
she
doesn't
have
a
set
schedule.
Yet
the
young
people
are
going
to
be
working
saturdays
and
sundays.
Eight
to
ten.
D
C
Our
website,
turnaroundcolumbus
gmail.com,
is
the
email
or
info
at
turnaroundcolumbus.com
and
the
the
number
the
phone
number
to
give
you
a
personal
phone
number
or.
B
C
At
t-o-t-a-c
org
on
instagram
and
facebook,
but
I
would
love
to
book
we're
having
midtown
midtown's
going
to
help
us
they've
already
promoted
us
to
get
some
donations
for
like
right
now.
You
know
we
need
basic
garden
donations
and
boots
for
the
kids
to
work
in
the
garden
they
promoted
us
they're,
going
to
help
us
promote
our
agriculture
products.
D
In
production,
because
fort
valley
state
put
in
a
half
of
that,
east
field
is
orchard,
so
we
have
persimmons,
probably
35
persimmons
and
around
45
blueberries
and
probably
around
that
of
muscadine
vines
and
then
we're
going
to
plant
some
row.
Crops
and.
D
C
C
Yeah
and
you
can
donate
on
the
website,
you
can
also
do
a
volunteer
inquiry.
That
email
comes
to
me
if
you
go
to
info
at
turn
around
columbus.
That
comes
to
me
and
I'll
respond
to
any
of
your
requests.