Citing the $77,000 annual cost in security and maintenance to house the nonprofit, the BOE told BITE earlier this month that it could not operate at the school after May 31.
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A community garden has served Jersey City residents for years. Here’s why a state agency shut it down.
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Last week, the New Jersey Schools Development Authority effectively shut down the Astor Place Community Garden in Jersey City, located right next to the Julia Barnes Elementary School, saying the garden was an unauthorized use of the land. Photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)
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For more than a decade, the Astor Community Garden has been a hub for the McGinley Square neighborhood.
The garden management and the nonprofit Black Interest Team Enterprise (BITE) operate a regular food pantry and hygiene product giveaway at the garden, which sits on a slice of land adjacent to Julia Barnes Elementary School. In cold weather, community leaders organize clothing donations, and the Jersey City health department has performed COVID-19 testing there.