When The City of Detroit Said It Wasn't Going to Maintain More Than 100 Parks, A Gang of Renegade Lawn Mowers Rose Up to Do the Job

“I put the events on Facebook. There’s no administration or budget or anything. We’re not a nonprofit. These days we get about 20 to 25 people. If we have a big event, we get more. We mow every other Wednesday — ‘after work,’ that’s what time it is. It’s very nonspecific. And there’s no organization whatsoever. We show up at a place, and people just start working on stuff. I can’t remember the last time or any time where I was the first person to arrive.”