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City of Superior Receives ‘America in Bloom’ Grant
This grant will allow the city to plant more than 300 different trees and plants, along different parks and trails in the city.
July 16, 2021
SUPERIOR, Wisc.– The City of Superior received a grant from a national organization to fill the city with more gardens.
This grant will allow the city to plant more than 300 different trees and plants, along different parks and trails in the city.
Superior was selected by America in Bloom after writing a proposal as the organization hopes to highlight the importance of beautification through plants and trees in more cities along the Canadian National Railway.
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SUPERIOR, Wisc.–The Tribute Tree program continued today, where five different people were memorialized, while another was planted for a person for their work in the community.
A member of the program says these events are always touching, “some of the stories are just so heart breaking and touching and I feel very privileged to be a part of helping with the celebration of life for folks especially it’s a living celebration,” Linda Cadotte, the Director of Parks for the City of Superior said.
Organizers say these trees do represent life, but also growth and foundation, which makes it such a unique tribute.
Lake Superior NERR secures funding to help pay for project in Superior Municipal Forest 3:00 pm, Sep. 25, 2020 ×
The city of Superior plans to improve the rustic boat launch on the Pokegama River in the Superior Municipal Forest next summer after the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve secured funding for the project through the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Superior)
Superior residents will have improved access to the Pokegama River next summer with the help of a $128,482 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The funds, awarded to the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve in partnership with the city, will be used by the city to improve a rustic boat launch on the Pokegama Bay in the Superior Municipal Forest along Billings Park Drive.