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Clean streets and rivers for Memphis: restoring the Acacia hillside
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Acacia hillside needs $3,150 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 Memphis, Tennessee, United States2,115 views
The Acacia hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 89 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 91 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 $3,150 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,950
• Tools and protective gear: $580
• Waste removal and skip hire: $480
• Signage and educational materials: $140
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Easton
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Stay strong, Easton. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
Thinking of you and your family, Easton. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update.
hope this works out for you. Love from Tehuacán.
Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Rooting for you, Easton. Gave what I could, wish it was more