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Clean water and shade for Grand Rapids: restoring Harmony Beach

Volunteers are restoring Harmony Beach in Grand Rapids; $1,100 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇺🇸 Michigan, United States1,691 views
Andrés P. Navarro
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Grand Rapids
Harmony Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 70 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 44 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 $1,100 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $560 • Signage and educational materials: $135 • Tools and protective gear: $405 Every share and every dollar helps.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Andrés

  1. Update from Grand Rapids: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 40% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 22% now ($240). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

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  • Dipu Shafiq BanerjeeID verified

    Sending good thoughts. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Grand Rapids!

    • Aarti K. Tripathi

      You're not alone, Andrés. Your post was clear and honest. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care

      • Rubina Samina Iqbal

        Keep going, Andrés. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out.

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