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A new state grant program is available to help fund tree planting and other projects that combat climate change in Connecticut.
Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz announced the $1 million urban forestry grant program earlier this week alongside environmentalists and lawmakers. She also urged Connecticut residents to support the governor s bill on climate adaptation. The bill outlines state investment to build resilience to future storms and other infrastructure projects to safeguard against rising sea levels and climate-warming industry.
Legislation drafted in the House is in alignment with President Joe Biden’s “build back better” priority to focus on “sustainable and resilient infrastructure investments.” If passed, the bill would provide funding options to cities and towns allowing them to charge a conveyance fee on property taxes and those funds would be allocated to climate adaptation efforts.
For his commitment, Chris Ozyck named 2020 New Haven Register Person of the Year
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Long time environmental advocate Chris Ozyck stands by the ongoing restoration of the Grand Avenue bridge on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Conn. on Dec. 31, 2020. Ozyck has been named the Register s 2020 Person of the Year.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
NEW HAVEN For decades, Chris Ozyck has worked to make New Haven a more verdant and carefully tended home, helping tie the city and its residents together into a community.
Across the city he is known for his advocacy for the environment as well as for people and communities.
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A model for the nation: Mothers hope in-progress brick garden will show gravity of gun violence loss
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Marlene Miller-Pratt speaks the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence in November. Celeste Robinson-Fulcher is to the left.Ben Lambert / Hearst Connecticut Media /
NEW HAVEN There will be more than 600 bricks in the garden, each representing a life cut short by gun violence in New Haven since 1976, many of them by people wielding illegal and gray market guns.
Each will mark the end of a person’s life and a family’s pain.