Summary
Use portion of Mason's West Campus and Shirley Gate-Braddock (SG-B) properties to produce food for campus dining facilities, local groceries, and restaurants. Connect properties with main campus via ribbon park.Preliminary Plan
Below is one conceptual plan for how the Ribbon Park might be laid out. Light green areas are the ribbon park proposal on Mason property. Darker green areas are easements to connect the properties to each other and to Fairfax Villa Park (County) and Providence Park (Fairfax City).
Potential Collaborators
George Mason
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies – CHHS
Sustainability Living Learning Community
Office of Sustainability Food Forum
Presidents Park Greenhouse – Doni Nolan
Fairfax City & County
Sustainable Agriculture (Fairfax County)
City Parks (esp. Providence Park)
County Parks (especially Fairfax Villa Park)
Northern Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Virginia Sustainable Agriculture Research Education (SARE)
Virginia Sustainable Food Collaborative
Virginia Sustainable Food Forum – Andrew Wingfield, NCC – steering committee
