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Clean streets and rivers for Boston: restoring the Maple hillside
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Maple hillside needs $2,250 for saplings and equipment.
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The Maple hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 52 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 75 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, including native species selected by a local botanist.
The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade.
All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,250 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,500
• Tools and protective gear: $280
• Waste removal and skip hire: $300
• Signage and educational materials: $170
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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keep going, Bryan. Shared this with my family. Blessings.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Bryan?
Thank you. If you're in Boston I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.
Rooting for you, Bryan. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.
Hang in there, Bryan. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Boston.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Bryan
Wishing you peace. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Boston.
Praying for you, Bryan. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Thinking of you. Your post was clear and honest. God bless
Thinking of you. Your post was clear and honest. Don't give up. Thinking of Boston.
wishing you the best. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Joliet.
Hang in there. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Boston.
Sending love. Great idea, hope you get there