Neighborhood Climate Resilience Grant

The Richmond Tree Stewards, in partnership with the Swansboro West Civic Association and Southside ReLeaf, will be planting 100 young trees in approved city street sites between the sidewalk and curb throughout Swansboro West. They will be planting ten trees at a time across the two-year duration of the grant funding. Generally, there will be one planting day scheduled each month except when it is too hot to plant trees. If bad weather cancels one planting day, it will simply be postponed to the following month.

Some planting locations can only support a small or medium tree due to overhead wires or how narrow the space is between the curb and sidewalk. The right tree must be selected for the right location to avoid issues down the road like buckled sidewalks. That said, there are a number of difference tree species that could work in any given planting site so the person living at that location will be asked for input on the tree selection and every attempt will be made to plant a tree they select.

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