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Council approves America in Bloom funds for Ludington Park path enhancements after debate over plant choices and maintenance
Summary
Escanaba council approved using America in Bloom funds to add arboretum-style plantings along the existing Ludington Park path; residents expressed concerns about number of planting sites and choice of nonnative versus native species and maintenance burdens.
The Escanaba City Council voted May 15 to permit use of America in Bloom funds to enhance an existing path in Ludington Park with trees and woody shrubs in a planned "arboretum-type" approach.
Enhance Escanaba and volunteer organizers presented diagrams showing multiple planting areas along the path and said the proposal emphasizes low-maintenance woody plants and flowering shrubs rather than mass plantings that require frequent deadheading and pruning. Organizers said the design was intended to be durable and community-involved; they listed…
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