Community garden gets nonprofit status and help after solutions story

James E. Causey, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, wrote about a community garden in the city as part of his series “Cultivating a Community.” The solutions story (https://projects.jsonline.com/news/2018/12/7/milwaukee-community-garden-produces-free-vegetables-safe-place-for-boys.html) looked at how young boys benefit from growing fruit and vegetables on a small plot of urban land as a means to steer clear of other activities that could ultimately lead to incarceration. Causey said his reporting “turned out bigger than being a piece on a man working on an urban garden and trying to address the needs of the community” and that he “found a lot of love in a community where people believed love didn’t exist.” After the story came out, the organization managing the garden secured its nonprofit status and received $30,000 in funding. It also saw an increase in people looking to mentor and volunteer with the project.