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Norwalk has $360,000 for tree work; city seeks to boost annual plantings toward 1,600 target
Summary
City staff reported about $360,000 available for tree work through multiple city accounts and said the city seeks to expand annual plantings toward a 1,600‑tree annual goal tied to a 2050 canopy target; committee members urged prioritizing major arteries and South Norwalk planting pits.
City staff and committee members described funding and planting targets for Norwalk's public tree program at the Tree Advisory Committee meeting on Aug. 26.
Sarah, a city staff member, said the city planted “just over 50 trees” in spring 2025 and is aiming “to hit between 300, 3 50, maybe 400, trees for the year” for 2025–26. She detailed multiple funding sources: “just a little bit under a 100 k, a 100,000 in the MLKECD account,” a newly approved Department of Public Works tree planting account of $200,000 for fiscal 2025–26, about $30,000 remaining in the…
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