About MedianGreen
MedianGreen is a group of concerned volunteers who feel that the public medians in Green Valley need help. We recognize that the loss of vegetation over the years has left medians that do not reflect our community pride. We have proposed plans to add desert adapted plants and materials to the existing vegetation to create a greener, more beautiful Green Valley. Check out our Photo Gallery!
The volunteer organization was established by Susanne Blodgett in December 2006. Originally the “Green Valley Beautification Committee”, it was a sub-committee of the GVCCC Community Services.
The organization changed its name and applied for incorporation in the state of AZ in August 2007. MedianGreen is now a non-profit, 501(c)3 corporation with an established Board of Directors. Supporters can make tax-deductible contributions, and this provides eligibility for grants.
MedianGreen, through a public/private partnership with Pima County
There are nearly 14 miles of public medians on the main roadways in Green Valley, consisting of approximately 110 medians.
Phase One includes much of the central business district and consists of: La Canada from Esperanza to Calle Lecho, south of Continental; Esperanza from Abrego to Desert Bell; Continental from just west of La Canada to the Continental Shopping Plaza; and the first median on Camino Del Sol north of Calle Tres. See MAP.
Funding sources are expected to be: foundation grants, local businesses, civic organizations, homeowner associations, individuals, and our Sponsor-A-Median campaign.
Organizations that have already expressed support for MedianGreen's goals include: GVCCC; Green Valley/Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce; Green Valley Gardeners; Green Valley Association of Realtors.
Esperanza Estates’ beautification committee read about the goals of the committee in the Green Valley News in December 2006 and pledged money to buy plants for the medians abounding their homes.
Margaret Cooper, owner of Hot Desert Landscaping, volunteered to assist Committee members as they redesigned the plantings for each of the medians in Phase One. She accompanied each team to their assigned sites and advised them in their selections.
Pima County employed their sub-contractor, Sage Landscape Architecture to evaluate and apply costs to the MedianGreen designs.
Costs for Phase One are expected to be in excess of $100,000. This includes plant materials and installation, boulders, rocks and soil. SEE MAP
MedianGreen anticipates the need for a similar amount over the next two years as more medians are addressed and improved.
Phase Two will likely consist of those medians most in need of improvement outside the current phase.
MedianGreen currently needs more volunteers as we move into the action phases of our campaign. Volunteers are needed who will help in many ways: fundraising, community presentations, grant writing, and the Sponsor-A-Median campaign.
Freeport-McMoRan (Phelps Dodge) has sponsored the two medians that were disrupted by their monitor well drilling. There are ongoing discussions with the company about their further participation.
La Posada donated the printing of the brochures for MedianGreen.
For more information or to offer
assistance, please contact us at
MedianGreen@cox.net, or
call the GVCCC office at 648-1936. The mailing address for
MedianGreen
is 1325 W. Duval Mine Road, #167-10, Green Valley, AZ 85614.
Board of Directors