Sustainability organization, volunteers build green infrastructure along Ninth Street

Watershed Management Group collaborated with Phoenix Hostel & Cultural Center, Roosevelt Row and the city of Phoenix to incorporate green infrastructure in a Phoenix neighborhood just east of downtown at a public volunteer workshop Sunday.

“In five hours this area will be transformed into something beautiful,” said Ryan Wood, WMG Phoenix co-op coordinator.

Green infrastructure refers to using natural systems for environmental services like capturing, cleaning and infiltrating storm water, creating a wildlife habitat, shading and cooling the streets, and calming traffic, according to the WMG website.