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(5) No cost incurred to date, as the LDA has not yet established any community gardens.

(6) None. The LDA has not yet established any community gardens.

(7) The Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate is working on a draft policy document in relation to future locations of community gardens in the ACT.

(8) No new gardens will be established before the end of this Assembly.

Territory and Municipal Services Directorate—community gardens
(Question No 2290)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, upon notice, on 2 May 2012:

(1) Could the Minister provide a full list of the number of community gardens that the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate funded in the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years.

(2) Could the Minister provide a full list of the location of each of these community gardens and (a) when they were established, (b) who manages these gardens, (c) whether there is any community access or responsibility for these gardens and (d) whether these gardens are integrated into Government community outreach programs in any way.

(3) Can the Minister provide a full list of the total cost of all community gardens established to date by the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate, in terms of capital and recurrent funding.

(4) Can the Minsiter provide a full list of how many new gardens are planned to be established before the end of this Assembly and (a) where these new gardens will be, (b) who will have responsibility for the management of these gardens and (c) how these new gardens will be funded.

(5) When will the digital map of community gardens currently under development by the Government be finalised and available to the public.

(6) Could the Minister provide a full list of classification types of community garden types used in the map.

(7) When will the most recent survey of community gardens funded by the Government be completed.

(8) Has any evaluation been undertaken to determine community satisfaction of, use of and demand for community gardens.

(9) Has any work been undertaken to support social enterprise opportunities arising from community gardens.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:


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