Re-open Astor Community Garden and the BITE Food Pantry

Thank you BITE for all the great work you are doing in the community!

Bishop Bland and her volunteers are doing a great job for the community, Governor Murphy need to grant the space to the BITE Organization.

I live this garden and have for years, from the help they gave us when we had our garden on communipaw ave as well as the service the continue to do for the community. To take away a person’s livelihood is akin to killing him. Don’t take away the livelihood of these ppl. Or the surrounding community.

The Community garden is a staple for the community in education much needed if we want a world to live in the future.

This Community Garden has not only served countless individuals, it has been a place for Seton Hall student volunteers to engage with their community and experience unique service learning opportunities.

Very helpful location for those in need

It’s really helpful

Great community organization for Jersey City!

Very good

We need this service in our community!!

Thank you for blessing my family with the food pantry and the resource and services

My family is very grateful getting food every week, please give us back the garden

Thank you for the food, my family thank you Bishop Bland .

There' good and healthy food

Bishop Bland is doing a wonderful job !

Thank you for the great work you doing for the community!

The Astor garden provides food and other viable resources for the community. This Garden should remain open and continue the good work that has been occurring for the past 15 years. Why do you need to shut the Garden down during the Pandemic. Recently, I have observed that stores to have bare shelves. people are unable to find food for their families; in addition the food in stores have triple in prices therefore, the average citizens are unable to afford for their family. The Garden offer them the opportunity to supplement their food supply. The Garden is viewed as a Oasis for the community. This area was a blighted area prior to the Garden with drugs activities and drug paraphernalia strewn through the grounds, as well as wild animals and animal carcass. Keep the Garden open!!!!

Anonymous, why hide your name, and why disrespect others?If you don't need the food, mind your business, and move on. Notice you are alone in your selfish rant. The rest of the world is in the middle of a Pandemic trying to live and feed their families. Get a life and leave these people alone. They are feeding large numbers of families every week. This sound like jealously these are fine caring people. If you are blessed not to need help in this pandemic, remember many others need their love, help and prayers. People are dying and starving. Hurt people , hurt people Grow up!

The Astor Place Community Garden has become an essential part of the Jersey City community! Now more than ever the opening of The Garden is needed. This Garden shines the light of possibilities for the future of our children and makes healthy living attainable for people of all backgrounds. The Garden does not only provide for those in need, it unites us for something greater.

Keep the garden open! it not only provides a fun, safe, educational space for the children of Jersey City it also promotes healthy living and makes it accessible to all.