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La Porte City sustainability commission salvages spring tree planting; 18 trees to be planted
Summary
Commission staff said remaining funds from a defunct tree commission paid part of a spring planting contract; the original plan for 80 trees was reduced to 18 and contractor Dogwood Hills will perform the work.
La Porte City’s Sustainability Commission reported this week that a scaled-back spring tree-planting effort will go forward using leftover funds from a now-defunct tree commission.
Commission staff member Tucker said the city lost anticipated funding but “using some previous funds that the now defunct tree commission had in a fund that we didn't even know existed, we were able to pay for a portion of the contract that we had set for our spring planting.” He added that the…
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