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===Planning Process=== | ===Planning Process=== | ||
According to the City of Charlottesville's Website, there have been two public meetings so far about the design of the garden. The last one was on September 3rd, 2014. Closed meetings have continued since then between McIntire Botanical Garden's and City Staff. | According to the City of Charlottesville's Website, there have been two public meetings so far about the design of the garden. The last one was on September 3rd, 2014. Closed meetings have continued since then between McIntire Botanical Garden's and City Staff. {{fact}} | ||
===Draft Memorandum of Understanding=== | ===Draft Memorandum of Understanding=== | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 12 February 2015
The McIntire Botanical Garden is a non-profit organization that advocates the construction of a botanical garden in the eastern half of McIntire Park.[1][2]
Board of Directors
- Officers
- Helen Flamini, President
- Janet Miller, Vice-President
- Karen Lilleleht, Secretary
- Peter McIntosh, Treasurer
- Other Board Members
Other Volunteers
- Accounting Assistant – Denise Harper
- Business Development - Paula Pagonakis
- Social Media - Riley Panko
Planning Process
According to the City of Charlottesville's Website, there have been two public meetings so far about the design of the garden. The last one was on September 3rd, 2014. Closed meetings have continued since then between McIntire Botanical Garden's and City Staff. [citation needed]
Draft Memorandum of Understanding
On January 27th, 2015 city parks staff drafted a memorandum of understanding which would guide the formal relationship between McIntire Botanical Garden and the City of Charlottesville.
File:MBG DRAFT MOU - MCINTIRE PARK January 2015.pdf
Other botanical garden proposals
Charlottesville Botanical Garden is a competing non-profit organization with similar goals. At a McIntire Botanical Garden meeting held Aug. 28 2008, Lonnie Murray, a representative of that group, said he would be willing to merge the two groups. [3]
References
- ↑ City makes botanical garden partnership official, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, September 16, 2013.
- ↑ Web. Officers, Board, Volunteers, McIntire Botanical Garden, retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ↑ Web. Botanical garden supporters see future in McIntire Park, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, August 29, 2009, retrieved February 9, 2015.