Golden Valley CityNews - Tree Trust projects help both youth and community

The City of Golden Valley's newsletter highlights a Tree Trust Youth Conservation Corps crew building a retaining wall in their city and details the history of our 30-year relationship.

Read the newsletter (we're on page 13).

Working Across Cultures

Two young women, dressed in ankle-length skirts and long headscarves, are hammering away on a large block of wood.

Upon looking at the t-shirt-and-shorts-clad youth working at the site, one may wonder if the women's attire acts as a hindrance to their work. A few minutes of careful observation, however, will reveal that these two young Somali women are among the most hardworking members of their Tree Trust Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew.

Jordan neighbors turn site of weeds, violence into community garden

"You couldn't even tell it was a garden," said crew leader Cortland Johnson as he and his crew loaded bag after bag into a truck bed. "Just looked like nothin' but weeds."

The Young Adult Conservation Corps crew spent three days on the corner of 26th and Knox Avenues North in Minneapolis whipping, pulling, raking and bagging weeds, tilling the densely compacted soil, laying down mulch and getting everything ready for the neighborhood to re-plant the Jordon Community Garden.

This corner lot has a history worse than weeds. On August 22, 2002, a riot broke out after police accidentally shot a boy during a botched drug raid at the adjacent property.

Star Tribune - Building them up on the job

The Star Tribune features a Youth Conservation Corps crew working at Groveland Park in Inver Grove Heights and explains how the federal stimulus funds are helping us reach more youth.

Read the story.

Eden Prairie Sun-Current - Tree Trust crew at work on Eden Prairie retaining wall

The Eden Prairie Sun-Current checks in on a Youth Conservation Corps crew building a retaining wall in Eden Prairie.

Read the story.