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Plant 2,550 native trees around the Unity riverbank in Rochester
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Unity riverbank needs $1,950 for saplings and equipment.
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The Unity riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 58 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 197 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $1,950 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,000
• Tools and protective gear: $430
• Waste removal and skip hire: $330
• Signage and educational materials: $190
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Arianna
We're at 2% thanks to 3 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Update from Rochester: we've started the first stage. We're at 1% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Melanie H. Wallace 🇺🇸 · $50
- Việt Khang Phan 🇻🇳 · $9
“Good luck. Thought of Arianna all day after reading this. - Hồ Chí Minh City”
- Reagan S. McBride 🇺🇸 · $18.50
- Tayo Nnamdi Williams 🇳🇬 · $10
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Best of luck, Arianna. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Sending strength, Arianna. Hope this works out for you
Keep going, Arianna. Your post was clear and honest.
I hope things turn around soon. After 29 years in retail I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Take care.
Great idea, hope you get there. After 20 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Wishing you peace. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 6 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
So sorry you're going through this, Arianna. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Berlin
More neighborhoods should do this. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Rochester.
Keep going, Arianna. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
Thanks for sharing this, Arianna. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Rochester.