2016 Report for Arch Street

Neighborhood:

Hill

Type of Site:

Vacant Lot

Address:

43 ARCH ST, New Haven, CT, 06519

Address Geocoded

POINT (-72.938369 41.298929)

Year

2016

Number of volunteers

13

Total volunteer hours

37

Number of events

3

Number of trees planted

0

Number of shrubs planted

0

Number of perennials planted

0

Yards compost spread

0.00

Yards mulch spread

1.50

Summary

The Arch St. greenspace is one of the oldest active greenspace groups. Over the years, participation has varied. This year, in response to a lower level of community participation, Arch St. relied on an outside volunteer group, Yale Explo, for assistance to complete work at the site over the summer. Building on the work of years of successful community activity at Arch St, Yale Explo successfully picked up trash, weeded both planted areas and the central pathway, mulched beds and pruned low branches on trees and high growing shrubs that obscured site lines throughout the greenspace.