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Pharr seeks $1.7 million from Texas A&M Forestry for citywide greening; other grant options explored
Summary
City of Pharr staff updated the Keep Pharr Beautiful advisory board on a submitted $1.7 million Texas A&M community greening grant, other forestry awards and exploratory funding opportunities including H-E-B Trees for Texans and an environmental literacy grant with a research component.
PHARR, Texas — City grant staff told the Keep Pharr Beautiful advisory board on March 18 that the city submitted a Texas A&M Forest Service community greening grant that could award up to $1,700,000 for tree plantings and related staff support.
Elizabeth Diaz, the city’s director of grants, said the community greening application was submitted last week and would build off a separate Schoolyard Forestry award that is already active in local schools. "This would be community effect. So building off of that initiative," Diaz said, adding the…
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