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City presentation: $2.02 million Keep America Beautiful grant to fund MLK Jr. Boulevard corridor improvements
Summary
City staff described a $2,020,000 Keep America Beautiful grant to fund a three-phase beautification of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Clinton Avenue to Court Street): community engagement, tree and planter plantings including fruit trees, and placemaking elements to commemorate Dr. King; administration said it will plant 500+ new trees across sites.
City sustainability staff and partners presented details of a $2,020,000 Keep America Beautiful grant during the Newark Municipal Council’s Dec. 2 pre-meeting, outlining a three-phase effort to beautify Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Clinton Avenue and Court Street.
Nicole Hewitt Cabral, who identified herself as the chief sustainability officer, described Phase 1 as community engagement and…
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