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Norwalk tree committee reports recent plantings, plans larger spring/fall effort and fields concerns about high school removals
Summary
At a committee meeting members said 14 trees have been planted or ordered, outlined targets of about 100 trees this spring and 300–400 this fall, discussed a preliminary 70–90 tree landscape for the new Sono School, and addressed community concern about trees removed at Norwalk High School.
A Norwalk City tree committee meeting included updates on ongoing plantings, event planning for Arbor Day and Earth Day, and community questions about recent tree removals at Norwalk High School.
“We have 14 trees that have been planted or ordered so far,” Sarah, a committee member, said, adding that current planting funds are limited outside a designated MLK Corridor allocation but will be refreshed on July 1. She said the committee’s near-term goal is to “hit a hundred this spring” and to plant “somewhere between 300 to 400 in the fall.”
The committee noted a preliminary landscape plan for a new Sono School that shows space for 70 to 90 trees within the school property. Sonia, a committee member who has been coordinating with neighbors, reported that nearby residents and the San Vincenzo community garden would “love to have some…
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