Groundwork Elizabeth was one of only 6 organizations spread across the US to be awarded a CIVIC SPRING grant by the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, to fund a program to give our Youth a voice in decisions which are made in our community. Partners included the City of Elizabeth, Mayor Chris Bollwage, Union County, […]
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The Groundwork Elizabeth MicroFarm, located behind the Elmora Branch Library, serves as an educational resource providing service-based learning opportunities for the surrounding community. Groundwork Elizabeth unveiled an Earth Day gift to the Elizabeth and Union County community on Monday, April 22, and celebrated with a ribbon cutting for Jerry’s Greenhouse, part of a MicroFarm project
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NJDEP serves the City of Elizabeth for the 5th time. Over 75 NJDEP employees volunteered for this years Earth Day Event building 130 raised beds, doing slight vegetation control and other garden landscaping projects at our new MicroFarm at the Elmora Branch Library. MORE P.E.A.S. (Permaculture Education in Agricultural Systems) began with a grant from the New
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