If you haven’t heard, this is the city’s 275th birthday, and the city is giving itself 275 new trees to celebrate.
One of the projects from the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services Stormwater Management Division aims to plant 275 new trees throughout the city to celebrate that birthday. This weekend, the city hit a milestone with the planting of the 100th tree.
“Last week, the City met a major project milestone with the planting of 100 trees to reduce gaps in the City’s tree canopy,” the city said in a release.
The first planting was at Windmill Hill Park back on April 6 as part of a combination between the birthday kick-off and Earth Day.
According to the release:
The planting is being funded by the Stormwater Management Division through the Stormwater Utility Fee. The trees will help improve water quality, reduce nutrient runoff, and absorb stormwater to mitigate flooding.
Native trees will be selected to replace empty tree wells and provide canopy shade along roadways. The project focuses on adding shade trees in high heat index areas of the City and replenishing community locations with canopy cover.
Stormwater Management Division staff are partnering with Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities (RPCA) Urban Forestry in selecting locations for each of the trees and project development.
