​       Healthy 22nd Street is a ​Garden Steps project,  which is a multi-agency collaboration working to achieve the mission of improving the health of our community by increasing access to fresh produce through gardening.  
​Healthy 22nd Street creates a corridor of gardening along 22nd Street.  It includes education, community engagement, health/nutrition activities as well as establishing new gardens.  It includes a demonstration vegetable garden, and plans for a pollinator garden, as well as gardens at community service locations along 22nd Street. Interested community members will be able to establish their own front yard garden.
Families, Schools, Neighbors, Healthcare Providers, and Community Gardens - Growing Healthy 22nd Street - One Garden Step at a Time   
      The Coalition of Community Gardens  is a partner in the Garden Steps project that was awarded 2nd place in the Healthiest Cities/Counties Challenge, sponsored by the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Counties, funded by the Aetna Foundation. The $50,000 award will be used to increase gardening in identified food desert areas, starting in East Tampa with the Healthy 22nd Street Initiative. 
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COALITION OF COMMUNITY GARDENS, CLICK HERE:
 coalitionofcommunitygardens.weebly.com/

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THE HEALTHY 22nd STREET GARDENS: click here

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STARTING YOUR OWN COMMUNITY GARDEN CLICK HERE:
10stepsstart.pdf