High Point wants to clean up its Southwest corridor and is getting grant money from private foundations to help accomplish that goal. Good — it ain’t pretty down there.
Note the methodology:
The foundation also received a $5,000 grant from the Cemela Foundation to begin cleaning up the district. The Southwest Renewal Foundation plans to engage the community in trash pick up and also to hire a herd of goats to eat invasive kudzu growing in the area.
“Hiring goats to eat the leaves and stems of kudzu to expose the roots will reduce the amount of herbicides needed to eradicate the plant, and thus protect the waters of the creek that feed the Randleman Reservoir downstream,” Darr said.
Last I heard goats work by the hour, so I wonder how long $5k will last?
