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Don’t get me wrong Kens. i think its a great idea and should make the units more marketable.

Thanks Dave. I agree with you but this is my particular case. I mentioned I was on the board before and I had a great idea that I threw out there and all board members approved.

We have a space that’s gated in the back of our building that contains the stairs to the top of the indoor garage along with a couple of fire escapes that lead to the back. The back of the building has a gate that every shareholder has the keys to (Same key as the front door entrance). There is also a small unused grassed space that’s decent enough to make into a little backyard garden for very cheap. there is grass there already, only thing that’s needed is to put up a few plants, flowers on the side to separate the area a bit and one shareholder is donating 2 wooden benches as well as a BBQ grill (super doesn’t mind keeping the place clean when I checked with him). All I’ll need to do is find a cheap picnic table on craigslist and go and pick it up. Might end up costing our co-op 50-100 bucks to have a backyard garden that shareholders can enjoy (we have 90 apartments). We’re doing it regardless and I’ll put in the work either way (Planting, cleaning, finding benches & chairs, etc) but was just wondering whether it’ll be a nice sales pitch in the future when I or any other shareholder is ready to sell their apartment(s).

Take away all the white and all the black people in the world, and there’s still plenty of racism to go around.

Posted by: dittoburg at June 24, 2009 4:01 PM

Truer words were never spoken.

“Neighborhood Hi-Jacking Operation” otherwise known throughout the black community as NHJO.

Tell us exactly what that means.