Led by the city’s Parks Department, volunteers planted 10,000 trees on It’s My Park! Day. The Oct. 20 effort was part of Mayor Bloomberg’s Million Trees NYC initiative, which aims to plant one million trees in the next 10 years.
In addition to planting trees, volunteers raked leaves, planted flowers, and re-painted benches in 200 different parks citywide.
It’s My Park! Day, an initiative of Partnership for Parks, fulfilled the Parks Department’s goal of planting 10,000 park trees this fall, to be followed by an additional 10,000 street trees. In the next 10 years they plan to expand the city’s urban forests by 20 percent, adding 600,000 public trees, reforesting 2,000 acres of parks, and lining city streets with green.
PlaNYC is calling on non-profits, businesses, community organizations, property owners, and every New Yorker to plant the additional 400,000 trees to bring the city to its goal of one million. According to PlaNYC, having one million new trees in the city will raise property values, reduce environmental impact, save energy, and create a higher quality of life for all residents.
For more information on the Million Tree initiative, visit www.milliontreesnyc.org or call 311.
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