Trees Come With Unexpected Baggage

Well-meaning organizations sometimes have a tendency to charge ahead with a community project without stopping to listen to what the community wants or needs. This was exactly the case in Detroit, where an environmental organization was perplexed to find people resistant to new trees in their neighbourhood. When they stopped to ask why, they began to understand.

The below article, by Joe Patti of the blog Butts in the Seats, discusses this example and its relevance to community-engaged arts work.

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