Weight = not available
Coinage = $1.38
Best find = many dimes and pennies along the curb of Airline Highway
Comment: This morning, rather
than wait idly for two hours for new tires to be installed, there was enough time
for a major fitness money walk. While
searching for coins in a parking lot for a new branch of New Orleans’ Capital
One Bank on Airline Highway (Metairie) I noticed what must be for a green
solution for storm water drainage. Every year,
the U.S. paves or repaves a quarter million acres of land. Asphalt and concrete surfaces pollute
rainwater, deplete groundwater supplies, contribute to rising temperatures in
cities, prevent tree growth, destroy aquatic habitat, and cause erosion. Rather than a catch basin they
created a channel with a man-made bed and bank which allows storm water to flow
over and through a series of natural functions including gravel, grasses,
sedges, and rushes. Instead of draining into canals and eventually into our precious
water ways, their water returns to the underground cleansed naturally. So hats off
to Capital One Bank for their creative storm water drainage of their
parking lot. Who says Seattle is America’s
premier green city.
MoneyWalker
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