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(May 16)\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eVolunteers will plant 15,000 maple and oak saplings in a distressed Detroit neighborhood as part of years-long project to bring new woodlands back into the city.The planting Saturday is part of the Hantz Woodlands tree-growing project on...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eVolunteers will plant 15,000 maple and oak saplings in a distressed Detroit neighborhood as part of years-long project to bring new woodlands back into the city.\u003cbr/\u003eThe planting Saturday is part of the Hantz Woodlands tree-growing project on the east side, and along with stepped up demolition of vacant houses and blight removal, is hoped to help improve the face of the city and attract new residents.\u003cbr/\u003eJohn Hantz says the trees -- when grown -- will resemble a mini forest and eventually could be used for lumber. Hantz is founder of the Hantz Group, a network of financial services businesses.\u003cbr/\u003eHis woodlands project was approved last year by Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager and calls for the cleanup of 140 acres of land and the razing of 50 vacant houses.\u003cbr/\u003eDetroit - May 15, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of a Hantz Woodlands project worker moving a sapling\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of the worker preparing a trash bag that he'll use to hold a sapling\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of the worker wrapping the bag around a sapling\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: John Hantz, Hantz Woodlands Project Creator, \u003cbr/\u003e\"We're going to do three things on Saturday. We're going to plant 15,000 trees together. We're going to in essence get them in properly _ and you'll see the wood-chip pile and get them mulched to again keep the grass down, beautification. Let's keep the weeds out. And let's walk the field so we can cut it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of a Hantz Woodlands project worker moving two saplings from a warehouse to a truck bed\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of the worker placing a sapling in a pile of other saplings\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of the worker taping together saplings\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of the worker taping together saplings\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of the worker organizing the bags of saplings on the truck bed\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of the worker spray-painting the number \"29\" on a trash bag containing a sapling\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: John Hantz, Hantz Woodlands Project Creator,\u003cbr/\u003e\"Saturday, there's going to be 1,200 volunteers here to help plant the trees in this community to begin to create a sense of community.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of grass on the field where trees will be planted as part of the Hantz Woodlands project\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of a hole-filled field where the trees will be planted\u003cbr/\u003e14. Zoom in on one of the holes\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of John Hantz talking to neighborhood resident Ray Anderson\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: Ray Anderson, Neighborhood Resident and Hantz Woodlands Project Volunteer, \u003cbr/\u003e\"Before, you look outside I didn't even want to sit on the porch. Most of my friends moved away from this area when I got out of junior high school. They all moved away, and everybody said, 'This is just an ugly neighborhood, an ugly place.' And I always had that vision that one day _ in the back of my mind _ and here it is.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of rows of pre-dug holes where the trees will be planted with an abandoned home nearby\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of trash strewn on the ground in the neighborhood\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of a vacant home\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close of wind blowing the plastic covering the window of the vacant home\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: Ray Anderson, Neighborhood Resident and Hantz Woodlands Project Volunteer, \u003cbr/\u003e\"Me and my family will be there. Some of my church members will be there. I've even made a Facebook page about the event.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of the exterior of the church that sites next to Anderson's home\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close of a pile of mulch that will be used in the project\u003cbr/\u003e24. 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