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Clean water and shade for Houston: restoring the Maple canal

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Maple canal needs $1,900 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 77024, Houston, Texas, United States1,459 views
Manuel B. Ávila
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The Maple canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 34 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 180 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $630 • Tools and protective gear: $260 • Waste removal and skip hire: $900 • Signage and educational materials: $110 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Manuel

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  • Hope it all works out. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best.

    • Thinking of you and your family, Manuel. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

      • wishing you peace, Manuel. Great idea, hope you get there. Take care

        • Sending good thoughts. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Please keep us posted. Love from Seoul.

          • Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Lahore.

            • Sending love. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Riverside but we're thinking of you. Take care

              • Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Greetings from Naples

                • hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. After 26 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.

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