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Restoring Sycamore Creek: a volunteer-led project in Winston-Salem

A neighborhood-led restoration of Sycamore Creek needs $1,800 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States315 views
Marisol W. Villalobos
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Winston-Salem
Sycamore Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 91 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 138 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 $1,800 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $590 • Tools and protective gear: $300 • Waste removal and skip hire: $800 • Signage and educational materials: $110 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Marisol

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  • Hang in there, Marisol. More neighborhoods should do this. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

    • wishing you peace. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 39 people at work.

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