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Committee outlines downtown tree plan, links to transportation grants and maintenance costs
Summary
Members reviewed tree-installation strategies for downtown — root-control baskets, brick-and-sand tree wells, and first-year watering needs — and discussed coordinating planting with the transportation plan and grant programs such as Safe Routes and TGM/TSP.
The Economic Development Committee spent substantial time on downtown streetscape planning, focusing on which trees to plant, how to install them to protect sidewalks, and how to pay for installation and maintenance.
A committee member relayed advice from a local nursery contact about root-directing woven baskets that force roots downward and brick-and-sand tree wells…
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