WOONSOCKET – City officials and residents say the time is right to bring back a community garden in Woonsocket, a project once located beside the library but left dormant for years.

On Aug. 18, Mayor Christopher Beauchamp confirmed at a City Council meeting that the city is in discussions with the YMCA about regaining use of the parcel where the former Grow Up! Community Garden once thrived.

“I hope to have some support from the Y that they could give us that property, and we can continue to have the community garden that was once there thriving,” Beauchamp said, adding, “I’m not giving up on that.”

Community advocates echoed the call.

Tara Cimini, of the Woonsocket Health Equity Zone, told councilors the group has made supporting gardens a core priority.

“We have a food access work g

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