A pot of money for free tree plantings could soon branch out to another use.
Arlington County’s Tree Canopy Fund helps people, places of worship and others get free trees, but there’s been little money made available for maintaining trees due to stringent requirements so stringent that only three trees in Arlington are currently eligible.
The County Board is slated to adjust those restrictions at its Saturday meeting.
“This will be a huge win for our tree canopy because we want to plant more trees but also maintain more trees,” said Elenor Hodges, executive director of the nonprofit EcoAction Arlington, which helps to administer the program for the county.
Enjoy the relative quiet outside while you can.
Two weeks ago, only about 13% of ARLnow poll respondents reported having seen a cicada so far this spring. That’s rapidly changing.
All around Arlington, locals are reporting cicada sightings. From Fairlington to Columbia Pike to Ballston to Westover to Lyon Village to the Rosslyn area, members of Brood X are emerging from their dirt homes of the past 17 years in rising numbers.
According to the Capital Weather Gang, the awakening is suddenly happening throughout the D.C. area. And there’s a lot more to come.
On Capital Weather Gang’s Twitter feed, we’ve received dozens of reports of the insects in Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District.
A more normal Mother s Day for Minnesota moms
(FOX 9) - Mother’s Day is a lot different for Donna Hernandez and her family because this year, they’re celebrating outside at Back Channel Brewing Company in Spring Park. Last year, we had the kids over, but we were outside at home the entire time, she told FOX 9 during an interview. We’ve been vaccinated now so we feel safer and I think things are slowly turning back to normal. I don’t know if it will ever be back to the same normal but a new normal.
Minnesota moms celebrate more normal Mother s Day in 2021
May 4, 2021 at 10:35am
Rep. Don Beyer announced yesterday that he has requested federal funds to go toward a health initiative and two parks projects in Arlington County.
If approved, the funding would fund repaving a section of the Bluemont Junction Trail and repairing replacing a key pedestrian bridge in Glencarlyn Park. It would also purchase vehicles needed by a mobile response team that would respond to behavioral health crises rather than police.
The money would come from the Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding Program, which provides targeted funding for local projects nationwide. Representatives were able to submit requests for up to 10 projects but there is no guarantee of approval. Beyer also requested money for projects benefiting the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church as well as Fairfax County.
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