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John,
If you’ve seen the movie Grease and remember the iconic race down Thunder Road, you’ve seen the Los Angeles River. Funneled into a broad concrete channel, crossed by the 710 Freeway, and cut off from most residents by a wall of industrial infrastructure, today the river is more of an afterthought than asset, more obstacle than open space.
With our partners, Trust for Public Land is working to transform the 7-acre area in the City of South Gate into a community-driven open space project. The Urban Orchard project will fill a critical need, not only providing access to green space for a densely populated urban community, but it will also improve water quality, provide habitat for fish and other wildlife, and increase climate sustainability through additional tree cover and native shrubs.
This project, like so much of our work, depends on people like you joining Trust for Public with a membership gift. And it’s why it’s so important that we take advantage of this limited-time triple match offer.
Please give today when your membership gift of $25 will grow to $75. Your donation of $35 will become $105. And your $50
contribution will triple to $150.
Unfortunately, John, too many people in the United States lack ready access to parks. In fact, 100 million people, including 28 million children, do not have access to a park within a 10-minute walk from home. Trust for Public Land believes every person, in every community, should have access to safe, free, quality outdoor space to connect with nature and other people.
Your gift will help us create more parks like Urban Orchard and protect land in communities that need them most. So please help us take advantage of this wonderful opportunity! Time is running out, so act quickly.
Sincerely,
Barry Hirsch
Director of Membership
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