A tool shed was installed and stocked with garden tools and a compost bin was built. For its second year of operation, the P-Patch has a waiting list of people requesting a plot. The Jackson Place Community Council rented a room within the Japanese Language School to provide a space for meetings, workshops, and a working space. The room was cleaned, painted, and floors refinished and supplies were purchased to provide a working office. A monthly newsletter is published and distributed to every home and business in the Jackson Place Community.
Advertising is sold in order to offset the cost of publishing and distributing.
Improve the Quality of Life for Community Residents. An outreach worker was hired to work with residents who required special attention. Such work included coordinating crime prevention meetings in Vietnamese language, publishing a resource book of local service agencies and city departments, and troubleshooting neighborhood problems. Jackson Place Community Council was host to three parties during the grant period. Each was a success, bringing adult and children residents together for a positive social gathering.