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Council steps in after Green Columbus says federal grant frozen; city will fund thousands of trees for Earth Month
Summary
Green Columbus told council it faced a $75,000 shortfall after a U.S. Forest Service grant administered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources was frozen; council pledged support and will fund over 13,000 trees and other resources for Earth Day/Month events.
Columbus City Council on April 1 adopted a resolution recognizing April as Earth Month and April 22 as Earth Day and heard an extended presentation from Shelley Douglas, executive director of Green Columbus, about a funding gap that threatened the nonprofit’s annual planting program.
Douglas told council a grant from the U.S. Forest Service, administered through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), was frozen, leaving Green Columbus with an unpaid $75,000 reimbursement…
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