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Tree commission seeks council endorsement to pursue up to $100,000 grant for street trees
Summary
The Mount Healthy Tree Commission reviewed recent plantings, training and a street-tree survey, and asked the city council to endorse a grant application due in August that could fund planting, pruning and training programs; council will consider endorsement at the July meeting.
Dwight, a member of the Mount Healthy Tree Commission, presented the commission’s recent work and plans to the council, describing a full street-tree survey, outreach efforts and a planned grant application. He said the commission has planted roughly 177 trees over the years and that a recent survey counted more than 300 street trees on city rights-of-way.
Dwight told council the commission passed a street-tree protection ordinance in 2023 that made the city eligible for grants and allowed the group to contract with a certified…
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