Community Gardens

Community gardens are popping up around the country as a way of strengthening relationships within communities. Community gardens are essentially just what the name suggests. They are pieces of land that are gardened by a group of people on either private or public land. The gardens may produce fruit or vegetables. 

These gardens can take a variety of forms in order to meet the specific needs of the community. For example, an institution like Mercer can offer community gardens to strengthen relationships among Mercerians, as well as with Macon as a whole. Another form is a neighborhood community garden in which individual plots are rented by gardeners. These gardens can be great because they can encourage buying food locally. Buying local food improves both the health and economic status of a community. These community gardens will continue to spring up because they can offer numerous benefits to any community.

Urban Dog Parks

Urban dog parks are becoming more and more popular in large cities across America. In fact, from 2005 to 2010, the number of off-leash dog parks in the 100 largest cities in America grew by 34%. Meanwhile, parks overall only increased by 3%. So the question you ask yourself may be, "Why are these parks so popular?" 

The answer is that these parks offer great socializing opportunities which leads to a greater sense of community. Many people say they go to these parks to form friendships. Some people even claim that they have made job connections at these parks. Since the visitors to the dog parks are so passionate about the parks, they work to protect them in order to keep the community beautiful. This is beneficial in assuring that communities work together in the future to maintain the environments of their communities.

Macon Dog Park