North Miami, FL – 8/10/2018
In an effort to expand Miami-Dade County’s tree canopy,
Neat Streets Miami awarded a Street Tree Matching Grant to the City of North
Miami in the amount of $15,000, for the City’s South-Central Tree Planting
Project. This three-year-old program has awarded matching grants to 14 local
governments and non-profit organizations to advance the Million Trees Miami
initiative. The Million Trees Miami initiative, is a community-wide program,
aiming to plant one million trees by 2020.
Made possible through the County’s Tree Trust Fund, this
year’s countywide grant funding totals $250,000, a 20% increase from 2017.
Preference was given to areas with limited tree canopies and a low-to-moderate
population income, in an attempt to achieve a tree canopy coverage of at least
20% in all neighborhoods, which reflects Miami-Dade County’s average tree
canopy coverage.
In North Miami, the purchase and installation of 25 crape
myrtle trees, 30 green buttonwood trees and 25 pigeon plum trees for the
South-Central Tree Planting Project was made possible by the City’s $15,000
contribution, combined with the $15,000 grant from Neat Streets Miami. The City
of North Miami hired landscaping contractor, Gardening Angel, to plant a total
of 80 trees in canopy-deficient swales adjacent to residential properties. The selected
trees are intended to increase shade and beautify the community.
The project was inspired by North Miami’s Street Tree
Management Plan, which identified a 14% canopy deficiency and recommended tree
types and planting locations within the public right-of-way. Planting in
North Miami will take place primarily from NE 134th Street and NE 8th
Avenue to NE 125th Street and NE 14th Avenue.
About Neat Streets Miami and Million Trees
Miami
Launched by Neat Streets
Miami, the Million Trees Miami Campaign is a community-wide effort to plant one
million trees by 2020 in order to achieve a 30 percent tree canopy cover for
Miami-Dade County.
About Miami-Dade Parks
Miami-Dade Parks is the
third largest county park system in the United States, consisting of 270 parks
and 13,573 acres of land. It is one of the most unique park and recreation
systems in the world and focused on Placemaking, Health and Fitness and Conservation
and Stewardship. The non-profit Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade supports
Miami-Dade Parks’ efforts to further develop Miami-Dade County’s world-class
parks system for residents and visitors.