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Council denies proposed coffee cart at City Hall again BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
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‘It’s better for this to be a garden than a vacant lot’ SOUTH WARREN COMMUNITY GARDEN BEARS FRUIT TWO MONTHS AFTER CREATION BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
ABOVE: Jeff Matheus, a board member for Urban Seed, tends to a bed of vegetable plants at the new south Warren community garden Aug. 27.TOP: Volunteers tend to the beds at the South Warren community garden. Photos by Brian Wells
WARREN — The organization behind the Eastpointe Community Garden is helping to launch another one in Warren. Since getting its start in 2012, Urban Seed has helped provide community-driven resources to help combat food insecurity and improve health and create local connections. In June, See GARDEN on page 17A
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WARREN — A proposed coffee cart that has caused tensions to brew between the mayor and City Council members has been unanimously denied again. At its Aug. 26 meeting, the Warren City Council voted against a coffee cart that had been proposed at City Hall. The proposed cart would bring a smaller location for Gather + Grounds, a nonprofit that provides job training for individuals with intellectual disabilities. They currently have locations in Center Line, Ferndale and Richmond. The coffee cart first came before the City Council several months ago. Members voted against it, removing the funding from the current fiscal year’s city budget. However, at the Downtown Development Authority’s July 16 meeting, the board voted to bring the proposal back to the council to request funding for the project again.