Shaker applies for tree canopy grant along Van Aken, Onaway; trail funding at Lower Lake Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio The city has applied for a Cuyahoga County Healthy Urban Tree Canopy grant to plant nearly 150 trees on Van Aken Boulevard along the Greater Cleveland RTA Blue Line median strip.
If approved in full, another 25 trees would be planted in the Onaway median from Van Aken to Keswick Road, for a total of 174 in all at a projected cost of $67,000, with a 10% local match ($6,700).
The goal of the program is to help lessen the impacts of climate change and tree canopy loss, Public Works Director Patti Speese and City Forester and Right-of-Way Coordinator Chuck Orlowski noted in a council memo.