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Norwalk panel details spring planting plans after $455,000 federal grant
Summary
City staff and commissioners reviewed spring 2025 tree-planting funding — including a $455,000 U.S. Forest Service contract restricted to certain neighborhoods — and outlined how capital and grant accounts will be used for 2025 plantings and outreach.
Sarah Cruz, a member of Norwalk’s urban forestry team, told the commission the city now has four primary funding streams for tree plantings this year: a $14,000 MLK Corridor account, about $8,000 in a GGP account limited to the Sono area, a $30,000 DPW capital account for citywide plantings, and a newly contracted U.S. Forest Service award starting at $455,000 to be spent by 2029 in designated census tracts.
"So we now have 3 funding sources, 1 new, and then our capital," Sarah said, describing the accounts and noting the Forest Service funds are limited to neighborhoods that include…
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