Community Plan launch kicks off the Community Garden project

After many months of hard work by many people, Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation completed a comprehensive Community Plan. To celebrate, a Plan Launch is being held on Saturday September 11 (more details to follow)

Now is the time for action! An important project has been chosen to kick start the Community Plan - the design and construction of a GreenShed, a greenhouse and storage shed for the new Community Garden. The project will not only work toward achieving the Community Vision, but will also help achieve the following goals articulated in the Community Plan:

• Encourage members to work together and cooperate;
• Provide opportunities for members to connect with Dakota culture and traditions, using and connecting with the land;
• Increase local food production and self-reliance;
• Create fun ways for the community to learn and share together;
• Provide opportunities for youth to develop leadership skills. 

The project is also a way to learn and explore how to build with local materials, and a starting point to determine as a community how we can design and build a Community Hall. The GreenShed will be built by local people, using local materials and seeing this project as a way to achieve many of the goals set out in the Plan.

Standing Buffalo is continuing to partner with Cities & Environment Unit (CEU) at Dalhousie University to design and build the GreenShed. From September 11-19, CEU and CCBP Planning Network volunteers will be in Standing Buffalo working with community members to design and construct the GreenShed and prepare the Community Garden for planting next spring.

For more information about the project or to get involved please contact Cheryl Tawiyaka, Plan Champion at 306-332-4685.