The Two Rivers leadership team is looking over a proposed front yard gardens pilot program.
We spoke with City Manager Greg Buckley who explained that City Council Vice President and Environmental Advisory Board Chair Darla LeClair brought the program before the plan commission on Monday.
“That would be front yard produce or vegetable gardens, which is currently prohibited under our zoning ordinance,” he said.
Buckley said that the program would be used for a summer to try it out and make any changes that would need to be addressed.
The proposal does have some limitations including “The total amount of square footage, (and) possibly requiring that any plants be in raised beds so you wouldn’t just be tilling up your front yard and turning it into cropland.”
The Plan Commission will get more information on the proposal during its January meeting.
