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Rodney Mason collects scoops of soil to test from the vacant lot in Kings Park Subdivision where he will grow indigenous cultivars in a neighborhood garden.

Nonprofit using community gardens to reintroduce African food culture

Restored Ancestral Roots aims to repatriate classic cultivars of the Deep South
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 13, 2024
Philip Tutt, 83, has been fighting for years to have vacant homes torn down on Bowden Street. He had hopes a $500,000 grant would make improvements in his neighborhood, but the project wilted on the vine.

$500K for 12 planters shows failure risk of community gardens

Macon-Bibb Land Bank Authority now has a 'right of reversion' to reclaim property if new owner defaults on plans
November 22, 2021
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