Save The Beach Flats Garden
We believe that the Beach Flats Community Garden is a vital community resource. Loss, fragmentation or relocation of the garden would irreparably damage this thriving and unique space of food production and community engagement. We ask the City of Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Seaside Company to work together with members of the community to find a long-term solution for keeping the entirety of the garden open as a public space.
Salvar El Jardín de la Comunidad de la Playa
Creemos que El Jardín de la Comunidad de la Playa es un recurso vital para la comunidad. Perder, fragmentar, o reubicar el jardín dañaria este espacio lo cual es único en su prosperidad y su importancia por la producción de alimentos y la participación de la comunidad. Pedimos a la ciudad de Santa Cruz y la Santa Cruz Seaside Company para colaborar con los miembros de la comunidad para encontrar una solución a largo plazo para mantener la totalidad del jardín abierto como espacio público.
Sign this petition to show your support for The Beach Flats Community Garden!
| 1,695 | Ms Kristen V. | It is a crucial part of the fragile cultural landscape and an assault on the Mexican community. Please do NOT follow through with this heartless act. | Jan 21, 2019 |
| 1,694 | Ms Sofia L. | This land is ours. It has always been ours. Commodifying our land is continuing the cycle of oppression and destruction our people have endured. Break that cycle | Jan 08, 2019 |
| 1,693 | Mr Arturo V. | Because it is a critical and modest outlet for the Beach Flats community and for Santa Cruz in general. Caring for a small plot of land is beneficial for the participants and for future eco-warriors in this immediate region. | Dec 13, 2018 |
| 1,692 | Mr Ryan Y. | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| 1,691 | Ms Hadley Simone G. | Nov 10, 2018 | |
| 1,690 | Ms Nikki D. | Do not close down such a garden as this. It serves the people in every possible way, and we are nothing in Santa Cruz without it. | Oct 15, 2018 |
| 1,689 | Ms Mayra V. | autonomous green spaces must live | Sep 27, 2018 |
| 1,688 | Ms Gina P. | Aug 01, 2018 | |
| 1,687 | Mr Lorenzo B. | Positive healthy environment for young and old | May 30, 2018 |
| 1,686 | Ms Jowan H. | It is a vital resource for the individuals who live there. Being a student who has lived in the Beach Flats community I can see the impact the garden has in area overrun by tourism. | May 15, 2018 |
| 1,685 | Ms Marie H. | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| 1,684 | Mr William L. | Feb 07, 2018 | |
| 1,683 | Arden R. | Sep 06, 2017 | |
| 1,682 | Valerie S. | I was a property manager for family housing in the Beach Flats for many years and the garden is a healthy venue for families to balance out any drug activity | Aug 23, 2017 |
| 1,681 | Loren S. | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| 1,680 | michelle t. | Jul 09, 2017 | |
| 1,679 | Raffy B. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,678 | Rose B. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,677 | Shelly S. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,676 | Lora I. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,675 | Alyssa G. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,674 | mikaela w. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,673 | Esperanza P. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,672 | Taylor A. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,671 | Sydney B. | It is an important spot for the community | Jun 06, 2017 |
| 1,670 | shanttelle p. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,669 | Victoria C. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,668 | Stacey M. | Jun 06, 2017 | |
| 1,667 | Willy B. | Jun 05, 2017 | |
| 1,666 | Dagan S. | Jun 05, 2017 | |
| 1,665 | Kennedy M. | May 02, 2017 | |
| 1,664 | Abrielle P. | Feb 13, 2017 | |
| 1,663 | Leah L. | Sep 28, 2016 | |
| 1,662 | Kaila N. | Sep 28, 2016 | |
| 1,661 | Jessica P. | This garden is more then just a plot of vegetables. It is a community. It is a family, a lifestyle and it puts fresh and healthy food on families plates. This Garden is essential to this Santa Cruz community and it should be supported and protected to keep our community healthy and happy. | Sep 27, 2016 |
| 1,660 | Margaret B. | As a former Santa Cruzan I remember the eyesore so many vacant Seaside properties were Then the Community took it on.The people who garden here nurture the soil and keep it healthy. It rewards them for their hard work. Perhaps Seaside Company should consider a partnership with the gardeners to cultivate plants for the Boardwalk. Don't they have other property? | Jul 28, 2016 |
| 1,659 | Marielle M. | The garden operates in a beneficial way to the community. To take the garden away emphasizes that Santa Cruz doesn't truly care at its core about being a sustainable, eco-friendly, inclusive city and is more interested in digging its white upper-class privileged claws into spaces that don't belong to them. Who are the good guys? | Jun 06, 2016 |
| 1,658 | Ulrike D. | Jun 04, 2016 | |
| 1,657 | Moretta B. | Jun 02, 2016 | |
| 1,656 | maria F. | people deserve access to nutritional food. No one should go hungry. | May 22, 2016 |
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To learn more about this issue, read: Sentinel, Seed Culture!, Good Times, Sentinel Op-Ed