Formerly redlined neighborhoods work to cool temps and restore nature in Chollas Creek watershed

Leslie Reynolds is the executive director of Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek, an environmental organization working to conserve, restore, and improve the conditions of the neighborhoods within the

Leslie Reynolds has a love for the beauty of nature and preserving the environment that stretches back to the days when she and her sister rode their horses through the jungles and beaches of the Panama Canal Zone, while their father was a pilot for the Navy and stationed there on assignment.

The underinvested communities of the Chollas Creek watershed have experienced historical actions, such as redlining and other discriminatory housing policies, that have resulted in neighborhoods that lack tree-canopy coverage; have high proportions of impermeable surfaces/flooding/heat islands; and poor air and water quality. Freeway construction has disconnected neighborhoods and undermined active transportation and recreational trails and bikeways.

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