The purpose of this project is to construct a Veterans Park to honor our tribal members who have served in the military. In conducting an informal survey, we learned that we had tribal members who had one or more family members who have served in the military. We wanted to construct a Veterans Park rather than a Veterans Memorial so those still living could visit and enjoy the park. The park will be constructed in four phases. The first phase will be the foundation with our seal embossed in the center of the foundation. Phase II will be the monument with bronze inlays of each branch of the military. Phase III will be the cenotaph and the tiles with each members names inscribed along with the branch and the years they served. The last phase will be to beautify the area with landscaping, picnic tables, benches, and flags.
2023
MOWA Choctaw Veterans Park
TUCCA Community Facility Improvement Project
The United Christian Community Association’s (TUCCA) facility is staple in the Taylor Community in Marengo County. It is used for a variety of reasons to meet community needs. Replacing the AC unit will allow for the activities to take place comfortably especially in the very hot Alabama months. The organization is grateful for being able to awarded funds from the Ala-Tom RC&D Council to fund these efforts.
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Growing Together the Evergreen Community Garden
Growing Together in the Evergreen Community Garden is a cooperative collaborative effort which provides communal open space where city and county residents share in the planning, preparation, planting, maintenance, ad produce of a community garden. Planting was done in assigned raised beds in a beautiful, safe, and fun space, with a diversity of people participating.
This project utilized in-kind services from a variety of sources around the area and included neighborhood leaders, churches, clubs, city and county elected officials, housing authorities, local agencies, local newspaper, and individual volunteers. All of the above shared their skills, donated time, and work effort to help to build, sustain, and maintain this Evergreen Community Garden Project
An irrigation system and safe walkways were installed in the garden between the raised beds. In addition, more raised beds were built and some repaired. Soil and amendments were added to the raised beds before planting. The project made it possible for the community garden to be used year round. Workshops and classes for planting in raised beds according to the seasons were held and we were able to have a fall planting. The winter months wee used to maintain the garden and workshops were held to prepare for the next growing season. We planted seeds in the greenhouse to yield vegetables plants to plan in the beds in the spring. In each season there was a picnic and a scheduled workshop, work day, or harvest day. Most of all there were plenty of opportunities for the development of friendships. We have truly grown together in the Evergreen Community Garden