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| MBI Councillors supporting the community orchard initiative |
This blog often focuses on the politics of an issue and promotes a political view many people find provocative which, on some occasions, promotes heated debate.
Last Thursday I was involved, along with my MBI colleagues, with a community initiative that has unanimous support from everyone and was welcome by many varying and different groups.
The initiative was the planting of a community orchard in Dartmouth Park – the idea of the Friends of Dartmouth Park Group with support from Churwell Environmental Action Volunteers, local schools - both primary and secondary - Parks Staff and Councillors from different parties.
The project looks at planting fruit trees which, when they flourish, will make free fruit available to local residents both young and old.
The weather was excellent and the overwhelmingly positive approach adopted by everyone was a pleasure to be part of. I hope we can see further development of such a scheme across Morley as - in these health conscious days - free fruit for the community is something we can all sign up to!
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