GREEN & HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS
URBAN AGRICULTURE
Neighborhood Associates is dedicated to working collaboratively with land grant universities, resident garden clubs, property managers, and fellow nonprofits to bring urban agriculture to affordable housing communities.
PARADISE GARDEN
SUMMER SOLSTICE
GROWING COMMUNITIES
A TIMELINE OF OUR WORK
From the World Bank to a Community Garden. A six year journey and we're making progress everyday.
A FIRST SEED...
2014 -2016
From 2014-16, Neighborhood Associates partnered with former USDA higher-up, Gus Schumacker, the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative, FoodWorks, and resident coordinators to support the development of community gardens, farmers markets, fitness activities, and healthy cooking and wellness classes at several of our allied communities in Northeast Washington, DC. The farmers markets also doubled the value of SNAP and WIC benefits for fresh fruit and vegetable purchases.
OUR WORK TODAY
Check out videos below to learn about our work in Paradise and on urban agriculture.
MEET THE LEAD
NICK DROZDIAK
GREEN LIVING ASSOCIATE
Nick is passionate about urban gardening and farming. He leads the development and fundraising for community gardens at three Washington, DC affordable housing communities Neighborhood Associates allies with. Nick was instrumental in updating the Paradise at Parkside Apartments community garden where he supported the growth of a Paradise Gardening Club and added low maintenance hydroponic growing towers that produced over 300 lbs of strawberries. He continues to raise funds and work with residents to further advance the project. He is also a financial risk analyst, entrepreneur, and an ultra-marathon runner. Nick holds an MBA from Vlerick Business School and a Masters of Finance degree from the Luxembourg School of Finance.
HELP US GROW
CONTACT
1101 30th St NW, Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 2007
Office: (202) 333-8447
