<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/acT5n5kilGY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> BCLT received a grant in 2011 for a hoop house and a rainwater collection site to help create 2 gardens in vacant lots that lack sufficient arable land and have expensive access to water. Both projects are being done to serve the soup kitchen at the United Congregational Church under its "Feel the Warmth" Program that feeds over a hundred hungry people at its Thursday night dinners.
Bridgeport Community Land Trust
Our Purpose
to reclaim abandoned land in the City of Bridgeport for use as community gardens and farms that revitalize distressed neighborhoods by engaging neighbors through outreach and common activities such as gardening, neighborhood cleanups, civic activism, cooking in the garden, formation of Community Supported Agriculture, nutrition education and providing organic produce in" food deserts"