Observer article about “Bikos” making Oak Cliff into the new Austin
January 21st, 2010 § 3 Comments
(BFOC Member and head of OC Community Gardens, Mariana Griggs. Photo by Mark Graham)
Jim Schutze wrote a great article about our efforts to bring community gardens, bicycling awareness, and more to North Oak Cliff. Our own, Mariana Griggs, is spotlighted as she bicycles around the OC discussing all of the work taking place by the community. The article hits the nail on the head when it comes to our approach…we’ve long been overlooked by City Hall, so the neighborhood has stood up and rolled their sleeves up to make change on our own. From the community gardens, mural projects, bicycle awareness, revival of old theatres, cleaning up Fort Worth Avenue, returning the streetcars, and beautifying medians, all of the work taking place has been from people simply getting out and organizing and making our piece of Dallas the most livable neighborhood we can.
Where can you get information on the OC community gardens? I tried Googling but no real results came back. I’m definitely interested in participating, if at all possible.
Here’s there Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Dallas-TX/Comunity-Gardens-of-Oak-Cliff/236170039493?ref=ts
They mispelled the word community, which is why you may have had a hard time finding it.
We’re planning a group ride that focuses on the community gardens soon. Should be posting soon.
[...] of you may know that BFOC has several community gardener’s as members, and currently we’re planning a group ride which takes you to visit several of the plots they [...]