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Shade Tree commissioners pursue $4.75 million USDA forestry grant to plant trees in industrial park
Summary
The commission described a $4,748,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture forestry grant application to plant trees along streets in the city's industrial park, all in city right-of-way, and discussed related private-partnership grant ideas to replace invasive pear trees on private land.
Shade Tree Commission says it applied for a 2025 USDA forestry grant aimed at lining streets in the industrial park with new trees, a project the commission said would reduce heat-island effects and improve conditions for workers. The grant, described in the meeting as $4,748,000, would fund planting mostly in city right-of-way; the commission said private-property plantings would require different arrangements. Commission members said the city has about a 19% tree canopy and that planting in the industrial park could produce outsized benefits because the park is roughly one-tenth of the city's land area. "We only have a 19% canopy," a staff member said during the…
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