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Woodleaf Village is a low-income <br />housing community off of Fox Hollow <br />Road. Their limited maintenance <br />budget makes projects like fuel <br />reduction work hard to justify, but <br />that's where we came in. <br />This started as an inquiry from <br />Woodleaf facilities manager Christina <br />Knighten calling about two failing <br />street trees. Urban Forestry received <br />the call, made a site visit and referred <br />her to this project as a possible fit for <br />additional support. <br />Upon the defensible space evaluation <br />it was determined that there were <br />multiple common areas that could <br />greatly benefit from a fuels reduction <br />treatment. The work itself was able <br />to provide wildfire resiliency to the 60 <br />unit community and save thousands on <br />their budget to focus on future issues <br />instead of only being able to react as <br />problems arose. <br />This was a great moment for the <br />project as finding low-income <br />participants proved to be harder than <br />expected despite the potential benefit <br />the supplemental work could provide. <br />It seemed that the elusiveness came <br />with a disbelief that these individuals <br />were "actually" entitled to this program, <br />and were afraid of a catch. This is <br />where a consistency in the program <br />would help alleviate this perception. <br />FINANCIAL <br />WOODLEAF VILLAGE <br />After <br />Less hazardous horizontal <br />interactions amd natives <br />species finally given a chance <br />to flourish. <br />Before <br />A common area covered with <br />invasive blackberries, storm <br />damage, and supressed <br />trees. <br />Lower left ohotoUpper left photo <br />RESULTS <br />18 February 19, 2020, Work Session – Item 2