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Clean streets and rivers for Saint Petersburg: restoring the Union hillside

Volunteers are restoring the Union hillside in Saint Petersburg; $700 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Konstantin Stepan Bogdanov
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Saint Petersburg
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 119 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 61 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 $700 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $240 • Tools and protective gear: $130 • Waste removal and skip hire: $240 • Signage and educational materials: $90 Glad we found this place. - Konstantin

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