Economic Gardening

Andrew ratner public relations manager for the maryland.

Economic gardening. The nceg provides training certification and a national team which can immediately start a pilot project for evaluation. February 25 2019 after working together for 14 years to offer the economic gardening program the edward lowe foundation and the national center for economic gardening are no longer working together to offer this nationally recognized program. Economic gardening is an entrepreneurial approach to economic development that seeks to grow the local economy from within.

Economic gardening originated in littleton colo. Economic gardening now is catching on in states across the country as some shy away from the political unpopularity of tax incentives. The edward lowe foundation and nceg will continue to fulfill and honor any existing contracts.

While economic gardening is an appealing idea as with any economic development tool it s no silver bullet. To date there is not much data available on the effectiveness of programs. Its premise is that local entrepreneurs create the companies that bring new wealth and economic growth to a region in the form of jobs increased revenues and a vibrant local business sector.

During the 20 year period littleton practiced economic gardening jobs grew from 15 000 to 30 000 and sales tax revenue more than tripled from 6m to 21m. According to chris gibbons the program has helped entrepreneurs double the job base in littleton from 15 000 to 30 000 and triple the retail sales tax from. The model seeks to create jobs by supporting existing companies in a community.

The team specialists use sophisticated corporate tools like. The nceg has chosen to find another host for the program. The national center for economic gardening nceg was established in order to help states regions and communities set up and run economic gardening programs.

Planting a backyard vegetable garden is an age old tradition that is coming back into style in a big way. Gardeners have many reasons both financial and non financial for growing their own food.