The proposal would use one-time funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to provide up to 1,000 households with in-home garden boxes, but some council members feel the proposal doesn't pass the smell test.
Dallas City Council members expressed concerns on Wednesday about a proposal that would get the city into the gardening business.The proposal would use one-time funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to provide up to 1,000 households with in-home garden boxes, but some council members feel the proposal doesn't pass the smell test.
As I listened to the committee I was like, if we are delivering a food kit what actual food can you grow in there? Is it more of an herb garden that we're paying for or can you actually grow tomatoes and food that they can eat?" West asked.The Bellcam Group, the company that would receive the $200,000 contract, doesn't have any images of the kits on its website."The main concerns I had was that when I researched the vendor, it appeared that they were a real estate company.
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