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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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The Fall River
Street Tree Planting Program
planted ten Princeton elm trees on the center median of the 600
block of Brayton Avenue on May 16, 2009. The project was a cooperative effort of the United
Parish of Fall River, the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program
and the city’s Department of Public Works which used a grant
from the
Massachusetts Releaf Ministry to fund the planting.
The request for trees to be planted along the barren strip came from
the
Niagara Neighborhood Association. This is the fifth grant received from the Releaf
Ministry, a program of the United Church of Christ Massachusetts
Conference. Previous grants allowed trees to
be planted at
Abbott Court Park,
Pulaski Park and
Durfee High School.
For the fourth consecutive year, Fall
River has been designated as a Tree City USA - a program sponsored
by The National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA
Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters. To
qualify for Tree City USA, a town or city must meet four standards:
have a Tree Board or Forestry Department; have a local tree
ordinance; spend $2 per capita; and promote Arbor Day.
For more information about
the program, please contact Mary
Ann Wordell at 508-679-8887.
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(Top row, left) Helen Rego and Mary Ann Wordell talk with Dino Bisarro of the Niagara Neighborhood Association who suggested the planting. (Top row, center) Fall River Street Tree Planting Program coordinator Mary Ann Wordell, United Parish pastor Rev. Ruth Chartier, John Sylvia from the Niagara Neighborhood Association, Gwen Donald, and United Parish member Toosie Margolies pause in front of the SRTA office on Brayton Avenue across from the tree planting. (Top row, right) Fall River Department of Public Work employee Charles Denmead assisted with the planting. (Middle row, left) Steve Nadeau and Rhoda Lindo, Fall River Tree Committee member and tree steward, put the final layer of mulch around a tree and give it a good watering. (Middle row, right) Torrey Adams, Fall River Tree Committee member and tree steward, pulls the grass away from the base of a tree. (Bottom row, left) John Sylvia and tree steward Paul Lindo shovel some mulch from the trailer. (Bottom row, center) Tree steward Sandra Elliott and volunteers check the alignment of a tree. (Bottom row, right) A group including Tree stewards Stephen Plasski, Sandra Elliott, Louise Kaczynski, Julie Donald and Ed Sousa work on planting trees on another island. |
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