Brookside's neighborhood stormwater creek, Cemetery Branch, is the starting point of connecting neighbors & wildlife. The focus on this creek begins with an artwalk that brings stormwater creek ecosystem-themed artwork to the sidewalks, encouraging awareness of the wandering creek nearby.
As Raleigh grows, we must strive to be better acquainted with our creeks, becoming stewards and students of these beautiful ecosystems in the wake of severe erosion and wildlife habitat loss.
The Brookside Wanderlust Neighborhood Artwalk is a SEEK Raleigh 25-26 grant recipient, enabling the first of three installation phases which concluded in March of this year.
As we paint our way down the sidewalks from Watauga and beyond Conn Elementary to Vale St. in the coming months, we are excited to bring our communities together in celebration of our stormwater creek, Cemetery Branch, and the curious collection of critters and creatures that it contains.
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- Join the Brookside Wanderlust Project
- Submit your observations!
STORMWATER AWARENESS
Educating communities about dynamic behaviors of stormwater creeks in urban areas
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY
Providing context to the necessities of riparian buffer health, tree canopies, and root system integrity along stormwater creeks
WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION
Inspiring collective stewardship to cultivate diverse habitat for wildlife which thrive alongside these natural waterways
MENTAL & PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
Finding reasons to step outside to find small joys
CONN ELEMENTARY
Hundreds of little reasons to cultivate curiosity
CEMETERY BRANCH
Our neighborhood creek to understand, observe, and restore
RaleighCREEKS is a non-profit collaborating to address longer segments of stormwater creeks throughout our Raleigh neighborhoods, working to identify keystone community spaces to dedicate toward ongoing habitat & streambank restoration work.
By establishing neighborhood hubs, steeped in education about our stormwater creek ecosystems, we help diversify how we learn to become stewards of our connected backyard wildlife habitats, inspire rising generations of creek enthusiasts, and collectively cultivate neighborhood environmental resiliency.
