To improve their neighborhoods, San Francisco volunteers are taking issues into their own hands.
An stretch of Lombard Street, where vehicles enter the city from the Golden Gate Bridge and the 101, has been the focus of Cynthia Gissler’s efforts.
“I just want it to be a peaceful place, welcoming, and I want people to feel welcome in this beautiful city,” Gissler added.
She recruited about twenty-five volunteers, some of whom were her youngest neighbors.
Rayaal Wada, “I’m planting trees,” he declared.
“It’s really fun to help out the environment and make the world a better place,” Amina Wada remarked.
Three years ago, Gissler and other volunteers started the effort by enlisting the help of the city and other organizations, such as the Presidio Trust, to install drought-resistant and native plants.
“The amount of time it would take never worried me. I kept telling them, ‘I’ll just keep working on this, and if it takes many years, I’ll live to be 120,'” Gissler recalled.
“We are living in wild circumstances at the moment. Therefore, taking part in this gives you a sense of contributing to improving San Francisco,” said Sherry Archer, a volunteer in the neighborhood.
Reaching out to their district supervisor is one of the many ways locals may seek assistance in improving their areas.
Approval of various projects is also being facilitated by new city initiatives such as the “Love Our City” beautification days and the “Love Our Neighborhoods” permission.
However, as we strive to ensure that everything is kept safe, we urge people to cooperate with us rather than become irate. However, we’re genuinely working to make this process easier for individuals to enhance their communities,” Rachel Gordon, who works for the San Francisco Department of Public Works, stated.
It is now simpler to convince the city to approve smaller, less expensive projects like setting up benches, lights, and little free libraries.
For Cynthia Gissler, these neighborhood-based initiatives are essential.
“Find the one thing you can do in your neighborhood to make the world a more beautiful place,” Gissler advised.
The distinction between urban blight and beautification can be made by everyday citizens, sometimes one project or plant at a time.
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