Vent: That one comment about my town's street tree program that made me rethink everything

I've been pushing our neighborhood to plant more street trees for a year. Then at a council meeting this local guy said, "You're planting trees nobody asked for in front of houses that can't water them." It hit me hard because he was right. I changed my approach to only offer trees to people who signed up first, and we got twice the survival rate in just six months. Has anyone else had a local project change big time after a single piece of honest feedback?

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jamie_webb6722d ago

Wow, doubling survival rates just from listening? That's honestly incredible.

emeryj6622d ago

@jamie_webb67 right? my doctor just letting me talk actually helped me figure stuff out on my own.

cole_flores4421d ago

@jamie_webb67 is that 2x better survival rate real or just a guess?