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Shade Tree Commission OKs asking council to consider federal forestry and private grants
Summary
Mount Vernon Shade Tree Commission members agreed to ask city council to consider applying for a U.S. Department of Forestry grant (range: $15,000–$100,000) and a separate International Paper private grant to fund tree work, but members flagged reimbursement risk and asked staff to collect numbers before asking council to commit.
Mount Vernon Shade Tree Commission members voted to ask city council to discuss applying for two separate grants — a U.S. Department of Forestry program and a private grant through International Paper — that could fund tree-removal and planting work in the city.
Commission Chair said, “The grant that was the USDA grant through the infrastructure act ... anywhere from 15 to a hundred thousand dollars. Application has to be in August, I think it is, and it is a reimbursement grant. We have to spend the money and then get reimbursed for the work once it's done.” The commission…
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