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Clean streets and rivers for Flint: restoring the Jacaranda riverbank
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Jacaranda riverbank needs $2,700 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 Flint, Michigan, United States1,276 views
The Jacaranda riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 35 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 102 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $2,700 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,300
• Tools and protective gear: $320
• Waste removal and skip hire: $860
• Signage and educational materials: $220
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Hailey
9% there. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. Thank you.
Quick update: $160 raised so far (6%). I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
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good luck, Hailey. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.