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Restoring the Cedar riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Colorado Springs
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Cedar riverbank needs $1,650 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States776 views
The Cedar riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 51 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 147 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,650 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $680
• Tools and protective gear: $280
• Waste removal and skip hire: $490
• Signage and educational materials: $200
Glad we found this place.
- James
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Take care. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Colorado Springs!
You're not alone, James. More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of Colorado Springs.
Best of luck. This could happen to any of us. Love from București
I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Lille donated after I showed her your page. All the best.
Wishing you the best, James. Gave what I could, wish it was more. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.
Keep going, James. This could happen to any of us. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Odesa.
hope it all works out, James. Hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. Take care!