Tree Planting and Pruning
Posted:
Water-harvesting, traffic-calming chicane clean up party - this Saturday, August 10 at 8am. Meet at the intersection of 9th Ave and 1st Street. Bring water, pruning shears, and gloves.We will work together to spruce up some of our streets' chicanes and circles. Brad Lancaster will show you how to identify the plants we want to keep (native wildflowers, native grasses, and good trees) and the…
Posted:
May 9, 2013
Larry Hecker, Chairman, and Members Pima County Bond Advisory Committee
130 W. Congress, 10th floor
Tucson, AZ 85701
CC: Richard Elias
Re: Neighborhood Reinvestment Bond Funding
Dear Chairman Hecker and members of the Bond Advisory Committee,
We the residents of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood in Tucson wish to express our support for the Pima County Neighborhood Reinvestment…
Posted:
A very successful pruning workshop on Jan. 19th was followed by participants practicing their new skills in the neighborhood. We worked on several blocks of 10th Ave. and on University Blvd.We cleared several areas that interferred with pedestrian movement in the right-of-way, making walking in the neighborhood more enjoyable.If you would like to prune your own yard and/or right-of-way and have…
Posted:
This is the last day for your trimmings to be out on the curb to be chipped by the Chipped and Mulchy program.
Posted:
The Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood will be having another “Chipped & Mulchy” day before the Brush and Bulky pickup beginning February 4th.Sign up by January 27 to be included in free chipping on February 1. If you want to participate you must sign up here. We need to keep track for the chipping contractor and must have a complete list by the January 27th, so make sure to sign up by then.You will…
Posted:
Why: To learn how to properly prune native trees AND to trim our Dunbar/Spring right-of-way trees, making the neighborhood a better place. Trimmings will be chipped into soil enhancement for the same trees!Where: Dunbar/Spring Community Garden
(11th Ave. & University Blvd.)Sign Up: Contact Tory Syracuse at 396-3266
or tsyracuse@watershedmg.orgBring: Pruning tools, water, and sun…
Posted:
Pima County Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grant proposal. Submitted Oct. 7, 2008.
The Dunbar Spring neighborhood is a small, historic, and culturally diverse neighborhood located just north of downtown Tucson. The name Dunbar Spring (not “springs”) is derived from two prominent Tucson citizens - African-American poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and John Spring who was one of Tucson’s first…
Posted:
In partnership with the Watershed Management Group and the Community Food Bank, students and staff from the UofA’s Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA) are seeking to better understand how Tucsonans use, and would like to use, the outdoor spaces at their homes and in their neighborhoods. We also seek to better understand Tucsonans' ideas and beliefs about southwestern landscapes and…