Kennett Square

The Kennett Square interns successfully engaged the local community in the process of beautifying and mitigating the erosion and pollution of the Red Clay Creek. Based on the results of an initial survey, the interns selected five feasible projects that enhanced the aesthetics of the neighborhood and were low cost and light maintenance solutions to storm water runoff. The projects included a rain garden, cleaning up and stabilizing a hillside and a gully, hosting a rain barrel workshop, and preserving an historic 100+ year old oak tree.

Of the surveys that were initially distributed, the residents returned more than 50 percent. Additionally, the partnership inspired residents to clean up their own properties and established a group of residents who committed to maintaining the rain garden.

Like most successful projects, the partnership had to overcome a number of obstacles. Most notably, the interns ran into a situation where one organization originally gave them verbal permission to go ahead with the rain garden project, then changed their minds, and then eventually agreed. Everyone involved learned the valuable lesson of gathering written agreements before beginning any work.

Kennett Square Intern Report , PDF
KPB Report Summary, PDF
Kennett Square Contacts, PDF
Rain Barrel Workshop Instructions, PDF
Mature Tree Care Instructions, PDF
Kennett Square Work Plan, PDF
TL's Independent Study Report, PDF
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News Article 1 Page 2, JPG
News Article 2, JPG
Stormwater Resident's Meeting, PowerPoint (7.60MB)
TL's Independent Study, PowerPoint (13MB)