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Sunbury work session backs Shade Tree brochure and plans to pursue Chestnut Street plantings
Summary
At a Sunbury City work session, Shade Tree representatives outlined a no-cost, rolling tree-planting program that prefers requests of at least 20 trees; council members gave informal approval to proceed with address collection and expect to vote on formal authorization at the next council meeting.
At a Sunbury City work session, Shade Tree representative Madison outlined a plan to distribute a tree-brochure and pursue a grant-based planting program that, she said, typically requires a minimum request of 20 trees and is offered at no cost to recipients. "They have a... minimum of 20 trees that will need to be requested," Madison said during the session.
Madison told the council the group used Facebook to solicit resident input and that responses favored Chestnut Street and Susquehanna Avenue; she and council members agreed Chestnut Street should be the initial focus because Susquehanna would be more difficult to pursue. Madison said the brochure…
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