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McKinley Park Community Garden
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Info on community garden + park stewardship volunteer events in Chicago's McKinley Park. All welcome, always 💚🌿🫐🪈🎇✨🌹💐💪
Save the date! free community writing workshop: POETRY & PLANT CONNECTION at the McKinley Park branch library for National Poetry Month! April 13 from 2-4 p.m. outside in the library's side garden, all welcome, no experience necessary.
March 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Fun fact: for years, n4ej has done educational outreach in our community on how to report air pollution to the city using the official tools

as a result the city has said 311 pollution complaints data is "dirty" and doesn't really count

Bc we told people how to do it and encouraged them to
On the left is a map of linguistic isolation - you'll notice the same communities that are linguistically isolated also have some of the highest overall pollution burden in the city.

311 only lets you report air pollution in English
February 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Join us Sunday Feb. 9 at the McKinley Park Community Garden for a pruning party, 2 pm!

Spring may seem far away, but it's already time to prune our Community Garden elderberry plants. As a community, we'll get them ready for fresh growth by cutting them back while they are dormant.

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January 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM