On May 3rd 2010, the City of Newburyport received a grant from the Fund for the Arts at the New England Foundation for the Arts in support of the Alchemical Garden –an art park and edible public garden being installed on the southern gateway to the Clipper City Rail Trail by the Green Artists League (GAL). This prestigious award of $20,000 is the result of a request submitted by the City and co-written by the Planning Office and GAL. Letters of support were sent by both Transition Newburyport and the Coastal Trails Coalition.
Part science, part art, Alchemical Garden will remediate the remaining toxins in the soil while honoring the long legacy of agricultural and industrial history at the site—from farm and brick factory, to rail corridor and 20th century industry–to the products and services of the more than 100 businesses currently residing in the Industrial parks surrounding the garden.
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