Project Acorn reports 300+ trees planted, workforce training funded by $1M federal grant

Mar 3, 2026

City staff told a committee that Project Acorn, a $1 million federal grant program, has trained workers and planted more than 300 landscape-sized trees across five targeted neighborhoods and will run four more cohorts through 2027; staff asked council to help publicize tree giveaways and ward outreach.

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City staff gave an update on Project Acorn, an urban-forestry and workforce-development program funded by a $1,000,000 federal grant spanning five years.

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