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Ridgewood budget hearing lays out plan to reach 250‑tree anniversary goal
Summary
Residents urged a policy of replacing street trees and planting 250 trees for the village anniversary; parks staff and the Shade Tree Commission described a combined parks‑and‑street approach, budget asks for residential and park plantings, and officials warned of maintenance and hiring challenges.
At a Jan. 26 Ridgewood Village Council special budget hearing, residents and parks officials outlined a plan to reach a 250‑tree target to mark the village anniversary and asked the council to adopt more proactive tree replacement practices.
During public comment, resident Nancy Grennan Hill praised past plantings and urged an automatic replacement policy: "If we cut one down, we put one in," she said. Anne Loving, another caller, added, "I just definitely think that there needs to be 250 trees, not saplings, planted in honor of the anniversary of our country." Both speakers said trees…
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