GR Not Just Beer City USA, But Also Tree City USA
Grand Rapids, Michigan, is known around the country at Beer City USA but for 23 years it has also been known as Tree City USA.
You always hear about those nominations for best beer city or best place to live in magazines like USA Today. Grand Rapids has also cultivated another title for planting trees in the city and has received the Tree City USA award.
The city plants a large number of trees each year and that is why the city has earned the Tree City USA award 23 years straight. Last year city of GR put around 1400 trees in the ground and it looks like the city has plans for 1400 more for 2021.