Healthy Living & Community Development

Published: 2020
By Julie Riley

Providing support for increased access to nutritious foods: • Built two additional garden plots at the Broadus Community Garden
• Rented 8 plots to 7 gardeners
• Built a drip irrigation system for each garden
- The system will reduce watering time by 90 percent, and water consumption by 75 percent. - Gardeners said: I love the new watering system; I’ll be able to water everything in a matter of minutes; I love mine so much, I’ve already watered twice.
• $3,000 grant was received for topsoil and a compost supply for additional garden plots.
• Provided grasshopper control measures to manage the grasshopper infestation. Providing support for Community Development: • Facilitated a virtual ReImagining Rural community development workshop for 20 community members in conjunction with Powder River Chamber of Commerce and Ag and School Community Development Council.
• Identified and implemented several community projects that were quick, easy and could connect community members for positive impacts, including a Hay Bale Decorating Contest.
• Received $2,000 from the Montana Community Foundation to place interpretive signs on the courthouse square and provide leadership training.