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Shade Tree Commission advances ODNR grant plan: inventory, pruning, urban wood and food‑forest proposals
Summary
Commission members described a nearly finalized grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that would fund a street-tree and planting inventory, hazard pruning, contractor training and pilot projects including urban wood milling with MakerSpace and a small urban food forest; deadline August 27.
The Athens Shade Tree Commission reported progress on a proposed grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that would fund multiple urban-forestry initiatives, including a street-tree inventory, hazard pruning, workforce training and pilot projects to reuse urban wood and to establish a small urban food forest. Commission members said the grant proposal currently includes a street-tree inventory and a planting‑site inventory, followed by a targeted round of hazard‑reduction pruning based on the inventory results. The commission also discussed investing part of the grant in training, standard operating procedures and management capacity to make the program sustainable. “We have a rough agenda of what we want to see…
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