Students from the Spaces of Blight (SOB) course at Environmental Charter High School (ECHS) voted to revitalize a space that was neglected and left for debris collection over the years. The space is a swale located at the edge of the campus, located on 163rd Street in the City of Lawndale. In addition to this space, the students have been working with the City in order to plant trees in abandoned tree wells adjacent to the swale that will compliment the riparian habitat they are proposing. See pictures below.
Students are currently assembled into five teams:

Community Team
Design Team
Finance Team
Green Ambassador Team
Maintenance Team

Each team is responsible for creating a plan for their respective duties in order to complete the project.
The Design Team is currently working on conceptual design. We would like to thank Robert R. Coffee, Architect & Associates for their generous support in proving design guidelines.

We look forward to starting the physical transformation this month with a completion scheduled for January 2009.