Cash grants offered
for planting street trees

The Wayne County Soil & Water Conservation District and Rochester Area Community Foundation are providing small cash grants to each of Wayne County's nine villages to help re-plant street trees.

The grants are being provided as part of a 'Rural Community Conservation Project' developed by the SWCD and funded with assistance from the Rochester Area Community Foundation.

The intent of this project is to help our communities plant street trees that will help to reestablish and preserve the character, conservation and natural beauty of our neighborhood streets. Choosing appropriate trees to plant will enhance our communities without interfering with power lines, roadways and buildings.

The Soil & Water Conservation District and the Rochester Area Community Foundation are emphasizing tree planting in downtown urban areas as well as surrounding neighborhoods.

The SWCD will be providing information to all villages that participate, on suggested tree species that are considered to be (street friendly).

This type of project will help restore and preserve the rural character of communities, which in-turn will attract tourists, homebuyers and create environmentally friendly neighborhoods. Villages should know that many trees can be successfully planted in sidewalk planter boxes or sidewalk cut-outs.

For information, call your village clerk or Soil & Water District at 946.4136.

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