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Local leaders gathered in Southwest Fresno Tuesday for the groundbreaking of the city’s newest community garden and first project funded by the Transformative Climate Communities grant . The Yosemite Village Permaculture Urban Farm and Community Garden is right next to the Yosemite Village Apartments, but locals have a shorthand: Yo’Ville. It’s the city’s largest community garden, at 7.5 acres, and it’s open to anyone. There are walking paths, small plots that gardeners can rent and cultivate, and half-acre plots for farming. This Saturday volunteers will plant over 400 trees as part of a kick-off. “This is what community revitalization is about,” said Preston Prince, CEO of the Fresno Housing Authority. “It’s not us doing something to a neighborhood, it’s the community members being actively engaged in the wealth creation in this community.” According to Prince, the Housing Authority assists over a thousand families in this neighborhood. Councilman Miguel Arias, who represents
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