Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Friends of GR Parks
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks and the Mayor’s Greening Initiative will receive a grant to increase their tree planting during the next year.
The Lincoln, Nebraska-based Arbor Day Foundation said last week that Bank of America provided a $250,000 grant to support efforts to increase the number of trees planted in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in four U.S. cities, including Grand Rapids.
The other three cities receiving grants are Mesa, Arizona; Philadelphia; and Columbia, South Carolina.
This is the third grant Bank of America provided to the Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Resiliency Grant program, totaling $750,000 since 2019. The program helps to drive more green infrastructure projects, expands tree equity, builds on sustainability efforts and increases resiliency in urban communities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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