Community gardening, neighborhood meetings, and social capital

• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20378
• Publication Date: 2010-04-07T05:29:30Z
• Authors: Katherine Alaimo; Thomas M. Reischl; Julie Ober Allen
• Keywords: Beautification

Abstract This study examined associations between participation in community gardening/beautification projects and neighborhood meetings with perceptions of social capital at both the individual levels. Data were analyzed from a cross‐sectional stratified random telephone survey conducted Flint, Michigan ( N =1916). Hierarchical linear logistic regression analyses used to associations, controlling for Census block group‐level confounders. At level, household involvement activities associated residents' bonding capital, linking norms values. Household had stronger than did neighborhood‐level measures. Results suggest augment neighborhood‐wide gardening beautification projects. Neighborhood gardens' impact on can be enhanced by meetings. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.