Shade for ALL Neighborhood Workshops:
Mountain View

Workshop 1 & 2

Location: Mountain View Park | 9901 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021

What people say:

My name is Olga, and coming to this workshop gives us time to learn about trees and about having tree-lined streets that help reduce the heat, even by a few degrees. We also learned about the trees the city is proposing to plant at homes.

Workshop 1 & 2 Details

On September 11, 2025, ASU and Unlimited Potential hosted the first Shade for ALL Neighborhood Workshop in the Sunnyslope community at Mountain View. A second workshop was scheduled for October 30, 2025, as part of the ongoing workshop series.

What we discussed:

  • Neighborhood Tree Action Plan

  • Toolkit/Project Template

  • Shade Priorities: People to Protect

  • Shade Priorities: Destinations + Routes

  • Shade Challenges: Easier, Harder, Hardest Tree Planting Locations

  • Shade Futures and Shade Strategies

  • Tree & Shade Funding + Timelines

Urban Nature, led by Arizona State University’s Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service — in partnership with community-based organizations, industry partners, national organizations, and several ASU departments — works to scale nature-based urban shade solutions, sustain a community trade school and enterprise hub, and advance place-based applied urban forestry research. Funding for this project was provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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