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Thursday, October 19, 2023.
On October 18, YNDC's TreeCorps completed its fall planting of 112 two inch caliper trees. Trees were planted in multiple neighborhoods in collaboration with: Seventh Ward Citizens Coalition, Handels Neighborhood Association, Know Your Neighbor Block Watch, Lincoln Knolls Community Watch, Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens, and the Upper North Heights Neighborhood Association.
The fall planting brings the total number of trees planted by YNDC and partners in 2023 to 251 two inch caliper trees.
TreeCorps is a collaboration with the Healthy Community Partnership and multiple groups including: Common Wealth Inc., Youngstown CityScape, Youngstown Parks Department, Mahoning County Land Bank, Handel's Neighborhood Association, 7th Ward Citizens' Coalition, Idora Neighborhood Association, Lincoln Knolls Community Watch, Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Association, Know Your Neighbor Block Watch, Upper North Heights Neighborhood Association, Crandall Park South, Boulevard Park Block Watch, Treez Please, and Plant Ahead Ohio.
This work is funded by the Western Reserve Health Foundation. More plantings will be completed in 2024 with the Mahoning Valley TreeCorps. Mahoning Valley TreeCorps plans to plant 1,000 trees per year for five years beginning in 2024!