Grants to nonprofit organizations awarded February 2020
More than $58,000 was awarded to eight nonprofit organizations to engage communities in planting trees, remove and replace ash trees, conduct tree-related education, complete tree inventories, and hold Arbor Day celebrations.
The following grants were awarded:
Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Minneapolis
$8,735 to remove three mature ash trees and plant 10 new trees.
Friends of the Mississippi River
$1,843 to restore and diversify a 5.3 acre forest on Nicollet Island in Minneapolis and plant 150 trees.
Green Minneapolis
$9,700 for a year-long engagement effort to create awareness of downtown trees by adding and updating tree tags, hosting education events, engaging volunteers, and developing Arbor Day events that will include planting 130 trees.
Lakewood Cemetery Association in Minneapolis
$10,000 to inventory all the ash trees in the cemetery. Five hazardous trees will begin to be removed, and one new tree will be planted for every one removed.
St. Anthony East Neighborhood Association
$8,646 to remove and replace six ash trees in Community Commons Park in Minneapolis.
Tree Trust
$5,315 to offer a Learning with Trees program at Glen Lake Elementary School in Minnetonka, which will include planting 25 trees at the school.
Touchstone Mental Health
$5,000 to remove and replace five ash trees at a residential treatment service facility located at 8941 Portland Avenue S in Bloomington.
YMCA
$9,720 to diversify their tree canopies by planting 60 new trees at YMCA Camp Christmas Tree and Camp Ihduhapi. Both camps will also train additional staff in Project Learning Tree/Project Wild to expand environmental educational programming.
Grants to affordable housing properties awarded February 2020
About $50,000 was awarded to three affordable housing properties to promote a more diverse, resilient, and equitable tree canopy by removing and replacing ash trees and increasing the tree canopy.
The following grants were awarded:
Aeon
$17,200 to remove four ash trees and plant 41 additional trees at Seasons Park Apartments in Richfield.
City of Edina
$12,470 to remove two ash trees and replace them with 20 new trees after construction of a new building at 7075 Amundson Avenue is complete.
Metro Blooms
$20,000 to remove and replace 18 ash trees at Autumn Ridge Apartments in Brooklyn Park to improve public safety and capture stormwater.
Grants to cities awarded October 2019
Healthy Tree Canopy grants totaling $237,000 were awarded to 14 cities in order to promote a more diverse, resilient, and equitable tree canopy. The grants will fund tree inventories, mitigate the effects of tree pests and pathogens, increase the capacity of city forestry programs, educate residents on the benefits of trees and engage them in tree planting efforts, and improve livability by planting trees in neighborhoods that face economic, environmental, and health disparities.
The following grants were awarded:
Brooklyn Center
$5,000 to inventory ash trees in city parks and right-of-ways
Brooklyn Park
$50,000 to create a tree planting plans for 30 city parks, plant 180 trees with community members in four parks, treat 1,300 ash trees, and remove 25 ash trees.
Champlin
$18,328 to remove and replace 67 ash trees along Champlin Drive and assist with the purchase of a stump grinder.
Dayton
$1,270 to inventory ash trees in nine public parks.
Eden Prairie
$31,927 to remove and replace 275 ash trees and treat 305 high quality ash trees.
Edina
$5,000 to inventory ash trees in parks and open spaces.
Golden Valley
$6,000 to inventory ash trees and hazardous trees in open spaces.
Hopkins
$25,179 to remove 50 large ash trees and plant 60 trees to replace ash trees.
Minnetonka
$10,000 to educate residents about the potential loss of ash trees, remove select ash trees in city lots, treat high value ash trees, and plant 50 trees through a volunteer tree planting.
Minnetonka Beach
$3,375 to complete a tree inventory for all public open spaces, city properties and rights-of-way.
New Hope
$20,000 to plant 50 trees within the rights-of-way where ash trees have been removed.
Osseo
$17,000 to remove seven ash trees a neighborhood park, treat five ash trees, plant 10 new trees and complete a tree study to determine how to reconfigure roads to create wider boulevard spaces that improve tree health.
Shorewood
$24,630 to update its tree inventory, remove and replace nine ash trees, treat 23 high quality ash trees, and purchase a computer tablet for data collection in the field.
Tonka Bay
$20,000 to complete a tree management plan, remove 10 ash trees, and replant 10 trees in city parks.