As folks who love gardening and all that follows from that, I hope you'll take a moment to send a note in support of the Hollywood Farmers Market...<br><div class="gmail_quote">THANKS!<br>Julianne<div><div></div><div class="h5">
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Alert: Hollywood Farmers Market Needs your help... We could lose a twenty
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Dear Fellow Community Leaders,</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">As
you may have learned, our flagship certified farmers' market, The
Hollywood Farmers Market (HFM), no longer has a permit to continue
operating. The city is withholding our permit renewal because the
L.A. Film School wants the farmers situated south of Selma Ave. along Ivar
Ave. (approx 50) to vacate the area so that they may have access to 120
rooftop parking spaces - on a day when they do not even hold
classes. The farmers' market footprint is a complex ecosystem and
one that took 20 years to develop. It cannot be easily reconfigured
within the existing neighborhood without multiple ramifications, including
the possibility of losing the Farmers' Market in its entirety, and
inflicting serious losses to our non-profit that operates the HFM and
other markets and educational programs in underserved areas of Los
Angeles. </p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">The HFM is not only important for Hollywood and the
surrounding neighborhoods but also supports SEE-LA's small community
markets we operate in neighborhoods such as Watts, South Central,
Crenshaw/Baldwin Hills, Canoga Park, Echo Park and East Hollywood.
These markets provide a safe environment for families to purchase fresh
produce with funding such as SNAP/EBT (food stamps) & WIC and also
bring food education classes to parent centers and schools in those
areas. </p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">I
am asking that you, as influential community members and supporters of
SEE-LA, send a letter of support to the authorities responsible for
approving our pending permit. We are waiting to have a permit issued by
the Department of Public Works/Bureau of street Services. I have attached
a sample letter to be used as a template for your convenience. The letter
should be on your organization letterhead and addressed to:</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Honorable Eric Garcetti, President of the City CouncilCity of
Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Board of Public WorksCity Hall200
N. Spring St.Los Angeles <a href="mailto:90012councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org" target="_blank">90012councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org</a> </p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Andrea AlarconBoard of Public WorksDepartment of Public
Works200 N. Spring StreetCity Hall, Rm 361Los Angeles <a title="mailto:90012andrea.alarcon@lacity.org CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:90012andrea.alarcon@lacity.org" target="_blank">90012andrea.alarcon@lacity.org</a> </p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Attn: David Rivera</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">1149 S. Broadway, Suite 400</p>
<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Los Angeles, CA 90015<span> <a href="mailto:david.rivera@lacity.org" target="_blank">david.rivera@lacity.org</a> </p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Thank you all for your support. We will keep you
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<p> December 9, 2010<span style="word-spacing: 0px; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">RE: Hollywood Farmers’ Market Street Closure
Permit</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Dear Council President Garcetti and Commissioners of the
Board of Public Works:</p>
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I am writing to express my support for the application for Special Event
Street Closure currently under review by the City of Los Angeles Board of
Public Works, submitted by Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los
Angeles (SEE-LA), the operator of the Hollywood Farmers’ Market
(HFM). I strongly urge the Board and Bureau of Street Services to
issue the necessary permits to allow SEE-LA to continue operating the HFM
as it has for the past 19 years. I believe the HFM is an important
community event which brings many social, economic, and public health
benefits to Hollywood, and hope that you will recognize the tremendous
public support for this beloved Los Angeles institution by allowing it to
continue to operate in its current layout, on the 1500 and 1600 blocks of
Ivar Ave., the 6300 block of Selma Ave., and the 1600 block of Cosmo
Street in Hollywood.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;" align="left">Thank you for your consideration. Please feel free to
contact me at <phone or email> to discuss this issue of great
concern to us and many other loyal Hollywood Farmers’ Market
supporters.</p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br>-- <br>Thomas Jefferson said he didn’t think we could have democracy unless at least 20% of the population was self-supporting on small farms so they were independent enough to be able to tell an oppressive government to stuff it. It is very difficult to control people who can create products without purchasing inputs from the system, who can market their products directly thus avoiding the involvement of mercenary middlemen, who can butcher animals and preserve foods without reliance on industrial conglomerates, and who can’t be bullied because they can feed their own faces.<br>
- Eliot Coleman,<br>Author, Farmer, Human Being<br><br>“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that,” the great American inventor Thomas Edison said in 1931.<br>
<br>If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.<br>- Barry Lopez, in Crow and Weasel<br><br>Let only laughter scar your face.<br>
Rwandan saying<br><br>" As you turn the earth to plant your own backyard garden, plant an extra row for the hungry. When it is time to harvest your labor of love, drop your donation at the emergency food pantry or soup kitchen in your community. In this way, even the neediest among us will know that the earth has not forgotten their name.”<br>
- Patty Karlovitz<br>Co-Publisher and Managing Editor<br>Local Flavor Magazine<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>Thomas Jefferson said he didn’t think we could have democracy unless at least 20% of the population was self-supporting on small farms so they were independent enough to be able to tell an oppressive government to stuff it. It is very difficult to control people who can create products without purchasing inputs from the system, who can market their products directly thus avoiding the involvement of mercenary middlemen, who can butcher animals and preserve foods without reliance on industrial conglomerates, and who can’t be bullied because they can feed their own faces.<br>
- Eliot Coleman,<br>Author, Farmer, Human Being<br><br>“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that,” the great American inventor Thomas Edison said in 1931.<br>
<br>If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.<br>- Barry Lopez, in Crow and Weasel<br><br>Let only laughter scar your face.<br>
Rwandan saying<br><br>" As you turn the earth to plant your own backyard garden, plant an extra row for the hungry. When it is time to harvest your labor of love, drop your donation at the emergency food pantry or soup kitchen in your community. In this way, even the neediest among us will know that the earth has not forgotten their name.”<br>
- Patty Karlovitz<br>Co-Publisher and Managing Editor<br>Local Flavor Magazine<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>