CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19) -- Cultivate Charlottesville shared some reports they have for their partnership with the City of Charlottesville. Following that the nonprofit asked the City Council for their support.

“Getting more in-depth about our power to grow campaign about urban agriculture space at Booker T. Washington Park,” said Aleen Carey, Co-executive Director of Cultivate Charlottesville.

This is a program to bring farm sites to areas with subsidized housing. 

“Then that produce is given at no cost to neighbors who live in public and subsidized housing,” she said.

As redevelopment continues in the city of Charlottesville at locations such as Kindlewood, South First Street and 6th Street. Cultivate Charlottesville has been affected.

“As the new housing is built or the redevelopment happens we’ve been losing the land there to grow the food,” she says.

The nonprofit is asking for 10,000 feet in Booker T. Washington Park.

“This is one piece being able to have this community farm site in trying to make Charlottesville not just a foodie town, everybody thinks as a foodie town but also a food equity town where folks are able to access the food they need to feed their families,” she said.

The nonprofit expects to be able to feed over 350 families with this community garden.

City Council member, Michael Payne says he believes this is doable.

“It’s definitely feasible. I hope it’s approved again I think it’s a positive thing. It would basically just be leasing a part of Washington Park on the bottom side behind the hill for that purpose, which is certainly something the city is capable of doing and there’s a little bit of a president in the city using some of our park for community gardens so it’s not completely new for the city,” he says.

The meeting did not result in a decision on Monday.