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Lakewood to use $355,000 state NECC grant to expand urban forestry, climate resilience work
Summary
City staff told council the Department of Commerce NECC grant will provide $355,000 (match by staff time) to support climate-resilience work required under House Bill 1181, fund urban-forest planning, urban heat resilience strategies and public engagement, and leverage ARPA and City Tree Fund dollars for implementation.
Miss Spear told the Lakewood City Council that the city has an opportunity to receive $355,000 from the Washington State Department of Commerce under the Natural Environment and Climate Change (NECC) grant program to help meet state requirements in House Bill 1181 and advance local urban-forestry and climate-resilience work.
"What this allows us to have is $355,000 from state grant funding, which can be matched by staff in kind time, so no dollars are required for a match," Miss Spear said, adding the grant permits…
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