In the center, left to right, holding the ceremonial scissors, Col. Michael Grismer, 436th Airlift Wing commander; Bill Hare, Dover Air Force Base honorary commander alumni chairman; James Waddington, Kent County Levy Court, Dover, Delaware, Kent Economic Partnership director; and Sophia Reeves, Hunt Companies, Inc., Military Housing Communities, Dover AFB community director; and Chief Master Sgt. Sarah Sparks, 436th AW command chief; get ready to cut the ribbon May 6, 2016, at the organic community garden on Dover AFB, Del. The garden will be 60-feet-wide by 120-feet-long with no individual plots allowed, strictly organic, no chemical pesticides or fertilizers will be used. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
The organic community garden located to the west of the Dover AFB housing maintenance building, was the site of a ribbon cutting ceremony May 6, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. In his opening remarks, James Waddington, Kent County Levy Court, Dover, Delaware, Kent Economic Partnership director, stated that the Kent County Community Garden Collaborative plans on using the Dover AFB organic community garden for its brochure cover. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
James Waddington, Kent County Levy Court, Dover, Delaware, Kent Economic Partnership director, speaks to attendees at the organic community garden ribbon cutting ceremony May 6, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The main stakeholder of the organic community garden initiative with the support of Dover AFB leadership are Hunt Companies, Inc., the Kent County Levy Court Economic Partnership Office, the Kent County Community Garden Collaborative, the Delaware State University College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, the Delaware Division of Public Health, the Delaware Health and Social Services, the City of Dover Department of Public Works and the personnel of Team Dover. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
Beginning in October 2015, the organic community garden stemmed from an Air Force Community Partnership (AFCP) Program P4 initiative and has sprouted up to the official ribbon cutting ceremony held on May 6, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The main goal of this initiative is to provide healthy, nutritious locally grown food to the base families that live in Eagle Heights housing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)