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Clean streets and rivers for El Paso: restoring the Union hillside

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Union hillside needs $2,650 for saplings and equipment.

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Nora Simpson
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El Paso
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 119 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 178 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $2,650 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,450 • Tools and protective gear: $620 • Waste removal and skip hire: $480 • Signage and educational materials: $100 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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  • Evgeny Stepanov

    Best of luck, Nora. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of El Paso

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