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Plant 2,850 native trees around the Cedar hillside in Austin
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Cedar hillside needs $1,850 for saplings and equipment.
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The Cedar hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 31 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 192 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,850 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $860
• Tools and protective gear: $340
• Waste removal and skip hire: $540
• Signage and educational materials: $110
Glad we found this place.
- Serenity
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can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Austin
Thank you. If you're in Austin I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.
Take care, Serenity. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. After 9 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from New Delhi
Wishing you the best, Serenity. Looking forward to the next update. God bless!
Rooting for you, Serenity. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
any update on how things are going in Austin?
Keep going, Serenity. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 5 people at work. Blessings.
praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. Take care
hope it all works out, Serenity. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings
shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Tel Aviv.