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The Pace Board voted Wednesday to join the trial, which is expected to last six months.
This year's edition of the parade will kick off at 11 a.m. Sunday near Sheridan Road and Broadway in Uptown. Security will be beefed up, and fewer participants will march than last year.
Since 2009, the Chicago Botanic Garden's urban agriculture and jobs training initiative has a 91% job placement rate six months after graduation through its apprenticeship program.
The six-month pilot program could begin this fall, but it still needs the approval of Pace's board, which votes on the matter Wednesday.