2025–26 · City-wide
Trash cans and trees in Black and brown neighborhoods
Resident asks for more trash cans and tree planting in neighborhoods like Roxbury and Dorchester to reduce litter and provide shade, citing unequal infrastructure investment.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
provide garbarge cans and plant trees in predominantly black and brown neighborhoods
Who it helps and why
keeps these neighborhoods free of litter and provides shade to prevent the temperature from being unbareable. these basic features are rarely seen in areas of the city like Roxbury and Dorchester because the city does not invest in public infrastructure equally.
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 9, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Streets & Sidewalks
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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