Ambitious Jersey City Parks Coalition plan is tree-rific!

By Mak Ojutiku | The Jersey Journal
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on April 22, 2016 at 5:36 PM, updated April 22, 2016 at 5:40 PM

JERSEY CITY -- The Jersey City Parks Coalition announced plans today to plant 5,000 trees across the city over the next five years.

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop joined the vice president of the coalition, Mory Thomas, in a press conference at City Hall to announce the "City of Trees" initiative. The city has committed $60,000 for each year of the five-year project. The first phase of the project, in October, will focus on planting in public parks and open spaces.

The mayor said the move is part of the city's continuing effort to increase the sustainability of the city. City of Trees grew out of the the parks coalition's annual "Big Dig" flower and tree planting initiative and the Bigger Dig 2020 project that aims to plant 2020 new trees by the year 2020.

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