Urban Trees Award Program

Project Title: Cottage City Tree Restoration Project

Award Amount: $22,555.00

Number of Trees: 33

Cottage City’s objective is to plant, maintain, and preserve the city-owned property trees and create sustainable environmental practices in the town and educate our residents on the importance of a healthy canopy and climate mitigation.

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Project Title: Trees to Benefit the Antietam and Conococheague Creeks

Award Amount: $ 89,754.00

Number of Trees: 205

ACWA’s objective is to plant across 4 different areas in Washington County: Hagerstown Community College, the Town of Williamsport, the Town of Boonsboro, and Maugansville Ruritan Park. In addition to tree plantings, ACWA’s efforts will also include educational outreach to the communities receiving urban trees.

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Project Title: Montgomery County Public Facility Urban Tree Plantings

Award Amount: $135,970.00

Number of Trees: 250

MCDEP’s objective is to plant urban trees on 18 public, County owned, facilities: 5 schools, 5 libraries, 6 fire stations, and 2 police stations.

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Project Title: MCDOT Equity Greening

Award Amount: $362,740.00

Number of Trees: 1,200

MCDOT Equity Greening’s objective is to plant street trees in underserved, low-canopy neighborhoods in Montgomery County Maryland. This effort is based upon the long-running, successful tree planting partnership between MCDOT and Casey Trees.

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Project Title: Embajadores de Árboles – Tree Ambassadors Program

Award Amount: $ 160,028.00

Number of Trees: 400

Defensores de la Cuenca’s objective is to plant urban trees while engaging and educating the community on the importance of trees, and providing job training opportunities. The trees will be planted in town of Edmonston, Cheverly Nature Trail, Solid Rock Church, the Greater Riverdale area, and the Port Towns.

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Project Title: Planting Baltimore’s Future

Award Amount: $1,949,204.00

Number of Trees: 3,000

The Baltimore Tree Trust’s objective is to plant trees throughout Baltimore City and highlight their  Neighborhood Foresters Initiative, which connects economically-marginalized residents to career training and living wage jobs in the urban forestry industry, and their partnership with the City of Baltimore, which provides subsidized trees and other valuable resources through the Tree Baltimore partnership.

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Project Title: Trees for Sacred Places

Award Amount: $133,553.00

Number of Trees: 376

The Trees for Sacred places program’s objective is to implement urban tree plantings at faith-based institutions throughout Maryland. This is a high-impact project is a partnership with Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake, the Laudato Trees Team of the Archdiocese of Washington, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Casey Trees, and 20 congregations from across the state.

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Project Title: Increasing Environmental Stewardship in Minority and Underserved Communities Through Family Tree Adoption Program (FTAP)

Award Amount: $143,699.00

Number of Trees: 305

Global Health and Education Project’s objective is to implement the Family Tree Adoption Program (FTAP), a grassroots urban tree planting program that increases tree canopy in underserved communities by planting trees in private residential properties. Their project will install native trees across Prince George’s County; deliver watershed education on the benefits of trees on health and the environment through 2 tree planting demonstration events; and engage/educate residents using curated messages on the benefits of trees.

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Project Title: Making Urban Lands, Working Lands

Award Amount: $ 73,736.00

Number of Trees: 500

Howard EcoWork’s objective is to plant native trees across Howard County, the City of Laurel and locations in Baltimore County and City. These plantings will increase the ecological value of open space areas while improving community resiliency through perennial agriculture tree planting that support people and wildlife.

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Project Title: 2022 Street and Park Tree Planting

Award Amount: $10,500.00

Number of Trees: 50

The City of Brunswick’s objective is to plant native trees within multiple parks, along streets, and in/around common areas with the intent of these plantings is to aid in cooling impervious areas, improve air quality and improve quality of life.

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Project Title: Tree Installation at Pacific and Unity Parks in West Baltimore

Award Amount: $15,200.00

Number of Trees: 32

Bon Secours Unity Properties’ objective is to add trees to Pacific Park and the soon to be constructed Unity Park, both of which are on long vacant and abandoned land in West Baltimore.

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Project Title: UMROI Treehabilitation

Award Amount: $19,596.00

Number of Trees: 350

The University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute, with help from the University of Maryland Medical System Foundation’s, objective is  to begin the environmental restoration of their 88-acre campus by planting native trees which will add to their 35-acre forest track located adjacent to the Gwynns Falls and neighboring Gwynns Falls Leakin Park, the largest intact forest system in Baltimore City. This additional forest cover will help reduce runoff from the property, help reduce the heat island effect in our city, improve local air quality, and increase the nature-based, therapeutic properties of the campus.

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Project Title: Baltimore County Operation ReTree

Award Amount: $1,500,000.00

Number of Trees: 2500

Baltimore County’s Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (EPS)’s objective is to engage highly populated communities with low incomes and tree coverage in tree plantings under the County’s Operation ReTree program. Operation ReTree was created in 2021 and uses an Equity Tree Priority Score (ETP) to identify and rank the best candidates for tree plantings among 2020 Census Block Groups.

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Project Title: Community Arboretum

Award Amount: $18,500.00

Number of Trees: 37

Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School’s objective is to develop an educational arboretum, rain garden, and pathway to connect the all girls charter school, Rita Church Community Center, and Clifton Park. The arboretum will include a variety of native trees and plants tagged to inspire interest in science and nature, a rain garden to improve water retention, all which will promote the site as a living laboratory.

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Project Title: Improving Tree Canopy on NeighborSpace Sites Inside Baltimore County’s URDL 2022

Award Amount: $8,594.00

Number of Trees: 31

NeighborSpace’s objective is to plant native trees inside Baltimore County’s Urban Rural Demarcation Line (URDL). The goal of the project is to provide shade so as to enhance site usage and to better manage stormwater.

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Project Title: Creating a Joint, Neighborhood-Led Campaign for Increased Tree Canopy in East Baltimore

Award Amount: $181,390.00

Number of Trees: 320

Broadway East Community Development Corporation’s objective is to plant native trees across six communities in east Baltimore. Broadway East, Fort Worthington, Darley Park, East Baltimore-Midway,  Oliver and South Clifton Park aim to work together to engage their communities on tree planting, ensure that the community has the final say in the locations of new trees, and create workforce opportunities to plant and maintain the new trees. Their goals is to plant trees for reduced stormwater runoff, heat island effect and better air quality.

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Project Title: Prince George’s DPW&T Roadside and Residential Tree Planting Program

Award Amount: $1,000,000.00

Number of Trees: 4,000

Prince George’s County’s Department of Public Works and Transportation has planted over 56,000 street trees through its “Right Tree, Right Place” (RTRP) program in its fight to mitigate climate change and transform neighborhoods. This proposal would expand this successful effort, providing needed funds to target approximately ~4,000 additional street and residential tree plantings to benefit residents in underserved, economically and socially disadvantaged communities.

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Project Title: Druid Heights Urban Trees Project

Award Amount: $29,530.00

Number of Trees: 50

Druid Heights Community Development Corporation’s objective is is to plant 50 trees in the Druid Heights neighborhood.  This will continue their over 40 years of efforts of planting trees and other efforts in beautifying and creating green spaces in this West Baltimore neighborhood. While the city’s goal for tree canopy for every neighborhood is 40%, Druid Heights CDC’s tree canopy is 14%.

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Project Title: Stream Team Urban Tree and Education Program

Award Amount: $57,000.00

Number of Trees: 110

Joe’s Movement Emporium’s objective is to complete their Stream Team Urban Tree Program. This program will augment the Stream Team’s environmental work by adding urban forestry training to their existing water stewardship work—building more green jobs for young people of color and planting trees in Prince George’s County neighborhoods. With the support of Casey Trees and community partners, Joe’s Stream Team will work with residents to plant 110 trees in Suitland, Cheverly (Boyd Park), and Colmar Manor to expand the region’s tree canopy coverage and train young adults of color in green jobs, including urban forestry.

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Project Title: UMB Community Shade Equity Project

Award Amount: $39,289.00

Number of Trees: 53

In partnership with students, faculty, and staff of both the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) campuses, as well as Baltimore City community members, we will create a tree planting initiative to increase urban tree canopy while also providing educational sessions on the benefits of urban forestry and community greening. The goal of the project is to plant 53 trees within the UMB campus, engage students on the UMB and UMBC college campuses and larger community in the tree planting and care, and provide educational sessions for local K-12 students through existing partnerships.

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Project Title: Tree Planting Project

Award Amount: $51,875.00

Number of Trees: 100

The City of New Carrollton’s objective is to plant 100+ street trees in City-owned right-of-way. The Neighborhood Design Center recently completed a partial tree inventory of City street trees and identified 363 in-fill tree planting sites. The City intends to issue a Request-For-Qualifications in search of a local landscape firm to install the new street trees and maintain them for the first three months after planting. The purpose of this project is to enhance the quality of life of City residents by improving air quality, combating the effects of climate change, and reducing the urban heat island effect.

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Project Title: Annapolis Gardens Disaster Restoration Tree Planting Project

Award Amount: $30,500.00

Number of Trees: 61

Rev Samuel Green Sr Foundation’s objective is to restore trees that fell from Tornado recently, also to create socio equity in this community to help give the residents a sense of better quality of life and help their families. The aim is to get trees in the ground and bring a community together that has been battling gun violence and youth not having activities to do positively. They are planting 61 trees.

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Project Title: Addressing Stormwater Management with Urban Trees in West Baltimore

Award Amount: $192,420.00

Number of Trees: 316

The Upton Planning Committee’s objective is to plant and maintain  316 trees in the community. UPC’s goal for this project is to beautify the six Upton neighborhoods by increasing their tree canopy.  As a collaborative that is working hard to increase the overall health of the community, the residents have requested more trees to be planted in order to reduce the heat island effect and to slow traffic down within these residential communities.

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Project Title: Greening Riverdale Park

Award Amount: $41,875.00

Number of Trees: 150

The Greening Riverdale Park project goals are to expand the Town’s tree canopy by maximizing opportunities to plant street trees, green the Riverdale Park Municipal Center properties and adjacent public right-of-way, remove tree stumps and increase the number of trees planted in these locations, and engage volunteers and provide culturally relevant education concerning the need for trees, proper care, and maintenance.

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Project Title: City of Hagerstown Planting Program

Award Amount: $66,619.00

Number of Trees: 175

The City of Hagerstown’s objective is to plant 175 street trees.  Street trees will be planted in eligible sites across the City, with an emphasis on areas with neighborhoods with lesser canopy coverage.

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Project Title: Growing Community Partnerships, One Tree at a Time

Award Amount: $300,000.00

Number of Trees: 2,000

Prince George’s County Department of the Environment (DoE)’s objective is to accelerate the pace of tree restoration on public and private lands within the County. Grant funds are matched with the County’s annually available funds dedicated to the County’s Rain Check Rebate to plant 2,000 native trees in underserved communities. In partnership with local NGOs and municipalities, DoE’s in-kind services match will provide technical support, outreach, engagement, project management, material costs, and labor. This dramatic expansion creates jobs, enhances soil health, and removes carbon from the air.

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Project Title: Enhancing the Urban Canopy of East Riverdale and the Town of Bladensburg

Award Amount: $193,713.00

Number of Trees: 300

In coordination with The Town of Bladensburg and the Neighborhood Design Center (NDC), Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation (CKAR CDC)’s objective is to plant 300 trees in public right of ways, residential yards, institutional settings such as schools and community centers and on vacant land owned by the Town of Bladensburg. If successful, CKAR CDC would like to continue this effort for two additional years (five years including maintenance) and expand planting to other nearby locations in Greater Riverdale and neighborhoods adjacent to the Purple Line Right of Way.

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Project Title: The Urban Oasis Tree Project

Award Amount: $17,720

Number of Trees: 40

The Urban Oasis Tree Project’s objective is to increase the tree canopy within the West Baltimore community of Panway. Specifically, trees will be planted and maintained on the 2800 even block of Clifton Avenue (Baltimore City Block 3024), on a community gathering space/green space (Block 3024 Lot 38), and within a community public gathering space (2131 N. Dukeland Street, Baltimore MD 21216).  The main objective is to create a viable outdoor living space for residents to be able to congregate that allows increased access to programming in a historically redlined African-American community while providing natural shade cover and beautification.

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Project Title: Tree Ambassadors: Putting Roots Down in Northern Anne Arundel County

Award Amount: $54,851.00

Number of Trees: 80

The Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy’s objective is to plant and maintain 80 trees (20 at anchor institutions, 20 at single residences surrounding anchor institutions, and 40 in Latino communities) in urban, low-income neighborhoods in North Anne Arundel County, including a focus on Latino communities. The Tree Ambassador program, featuring a stipend, customized training, outreach materials, mentoring and grassroot engagement, and long term maintenance, will lead to successful tree planting projects at anchor institutions and in the surrounding communities.

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Project Title: The Urban Plant Campaign

Award Amount: $14,245.00

Number of Trees: 24

The Ashburton Area Association (AAA), in collaboration with Callaway Garrison Community and For-Win-Ash Garden Club’s, objective is to plant fruit and native trees as a learning experience for students of neighborhood Ashburton Elementary/Middle and Temple X Schools. AAA have create a marketing campaign to encourage Ashburton and Callaway-Garrison neighbors to plant trees on their properties.

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Project Title: Supporting Community Greening in West Baltimore

Award Amount: $342,444.00

Number of Trees: 600

Blue Water Baltimore’s objective is to support community tree planting in 4 west Baltimore neighborhoods, Irvington, Violetville, Ash Co East/Coppin Heights and Howard Park resulting in 600 trees planted and grown for about 3 years.  They have piloted a yard tree planting program in Howard Park based on community request and need for Baltimore.  Community based engagement and planting plans will be developed in each neighborhood.

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Project Title: GBA Green Streets

Award Amount: $92,695.00

Number of Trees: 200

Building off of their Blue Green Community Plan and previous planning efforts which have identified community greening as a high priority, the Greater Baybrook Alliance’s objective is to plant 200 trees in high priority locations across the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, and Curtis Bay, in South Baltimore. 175 of the trees will be installed along our streets by a contractor, while 25 trees will be planted with community volunteers in the parks.

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Project Title: Midtown Baltimore Tree Planting

Award Amount: $44,964.00

Number of Trees: 100

The Midtown Baltimore Tree Planting ‘s objective is to plant 100 street trees in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere and Charles North neighborhoods of Baltimore City. As part of the project, new tree wells will be cut, tree stumps will be removed from existing tree pits to make way for new trees and existing pits will be increased to provide more root growth space to maximize tree life. Volunteers from these communities have/will plant the trees during multiple tree planting events in the Fall of 2022 and Spring of 2023.

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Project Title: Green Earth

Award Amount: $10,409.00

Number of Trees: 80

The goal of this grant is to create a healthier environment for the Hanlon Community. 3200 Carlisle Block Association, INC. will plant trees, basic gardening, clean storm drains, teach community and youth through film and class instruction the need for a healthier eco system and methods to plant and care for their personal environment and homes.

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Project Title: 2023-24 Urban Canopy Program 300-Tree Iniative

Award Amount: $103,155.00

Number of Trees: 300

The goal of this grant is to plant 300 new trees and build neighborhood and T6B capacity to take the Urban Canopy Program to its next level. This project will directly follow a current initiative by their neighborhood partners in East Baltimore to plant 300 trees in 2022-23, funded by the first year of the Urban Trees Grant and coordinated primarily by the Broadway East CDC. This project is designed to complement, rather than duplicate, their effort.

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Project Title: Restoring Baltimore’s Urban Tree Canopy and Building Career Pathways to Urban Forestry

Award Amount: $2,194,956.00

Number of Trees: 3,000

The goal of this grant is to build upon the existing project and plant another 3,000 trees throughout Baltimore City while continuing to build a strong urban forestry workforce in Baltimore City through the Neighborhood Forestry Initiative. Baltimore Tree Trust’s Neighborhood Forestry Initiative provides participants with paid hands-on career training and supplies them with the necessary skills, knowledge, and experience to transition into a career in urban forestry.

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Project Title: Supporting Community Greening in Baltimore’s Watershed

Award Amount: $694,918.00

Number of Trees: 1,100

The goal of this grant is to plant 1,100 trees in Baltimore. This project will create 100 new tree beds and remove 4,000 square feet of impervious surface. Blue Water Baltimore estimates that over 800 homes will receive direct and co-benefits from the trees. Additionally, they strive for 100% trees establishment rate by year 2. More broadly, they hope to develop community-based planting plans and outreach strategies in targeted neighborhoods including Howard Park, Belair-Edison, Oldtown, Morell Park, Johnson Square, and Coldstream Homestead Montebello.

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Project Title: Urban Tree Grant Program

Award Amount: $48,750.00

Number of Trees: 100-300

The goal of this grant is to plant 100 to 300 trees in the Carole Highland neighborhood to support the Prince George’s County trees. The locations will be public rights of way, homeowners private property (with written permission), their Elementary School, Turner Memorial Church, as well as some open areas.

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Project Title: City of Hagerstown Urban Tree Planting

Award Amount: $60,000.00

Number of Trees: 150

The goal of this grant is to augment its existing street tree planting program, increase tree canopy coverage in City parks and other City-owned properties, and possibly to do mass forest plantings on undeveloped private land in various areas around the City. Not only will these plantings enhance the quality of life for City residents by improving air and water quality, providing shade to mitigate the heat island effect prevalent in urban environments, and help with the “greening” of an oftentimes sterile urban streetscape, the park and forest plantings will provide urban wildlife habitat.

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Project Title: Eastern Community Church Hill Tree Enhancement to Prevent Hill erosion

Award Amount: $82,100.00

Number of Trees: 125

The goal of this grant is to plant 125 trees on the property of Eastern Community Church to prevent further erosion and beautify this area of Landover Road. Over the past 15 years more than 100 trees have been lost in this location leading to erosion and decreased stability of the hill. Alternative landscaping projects have been employed to enhance the stability of and prevent further erosion of this area of property.

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Project Title: Planting 20 Trees in Franklin Square Neighborhood, Baltimore City

Award Amount: $9,490.00

Number of Trees: 20

The goal of this grant is to plant 20 total new trees in Franklin Square. 10 small to mid-sized native flowering trees focused in key neighborhood-managed green lots and public spaces. 10 new street trees in locations that were identified by Baltimore Tree Trust as having stumps needing removal and not immediately available for spring planting.

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Project Title: Environmental Stewardship Empowerment for Minority and Underserved Communities Through Family Tree Adoption Program

Award Amount: $ 199,737.00

Number of Trees: 305

The goal of this grant is to plant 305 trees across Prince George’s County and deliver watershed education on the benefits of trees on health and the environment. This project also has a focus on the education of up to 10,000 residents using curated messages on the benefits of trees on the environment and how to mitigate the deleterious health impacts of climate change.

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Project Title: Howard County Government Urban Street Tree Project

Award Amount: $145,885.00

Number of Trees: 300

The goal of this grant is to plant 300 native street trees. The Howard County Government also plans to increase the number of trees planted within underserved communities and heat vulnerable areas, providing much needed shade, particulate matter (PM) pollution mitigation, and the reduction of runoff and erosion. Tree species were selected that align with these goals and through more specific criteria for street trees.

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Project Title: Making Urban Lands, Working Lands Phase II

Award Amount: $76,146

Number of Trees: 500

The goal of this grant is to plant 500 trees in identified urban under-served areas in Howard County and surrounding areas with understory and canopy species to provide food for people and wildlife. Sites were and will be selected based on targeted outreach conducted by Howard EcoWorks that has been ongoing since planning and implementing for the first Urban Trees proposal.

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Project Title: Trees for Sacred Places

Award Amount: $317,701.00

Number of Trees: 455

The goal of this grant is to plant 455 trees at faith-based institutions throughout Maryland. In partnership with the Laudato Trees Team of the Archdiocese of Washington Care for Creation Committee, IPC has cultivated commitments from congregations in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. Additionally, by focusing on established congregational partners in Baltimore City and County and new leads in Howard County, they will be able to plant nearly 100 more trees than in their first grant cycle of the Urban Trees grant program.

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Project Title: Stream Team Urban Tree and Education Program

Award Amount: $150,000.00

Number of Trees: 325

The goal of this grant is to plant 325 trees in four Prince George’s County communities. Entering the program’s second year, an Urban Tree Program Coordinator will lead a staffed Tree Team with support from an expert consultant, a partnership with Casey Trees, stronger relationships with the towns and sites we are planting trees on, several suppliers of trees and native plants, and the past experience of removing invasive species.

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Project Title: Tree of Hope & Remembrance

Award Amount: $45,000.00

Number of Trees: 100

The goal of this grant is to plant 100 trees and assist the Trees of Hope in Remembrance project (TOHR). In honor of our loved ones, TOHR will donate and plant 100 trees for families of gun violence. LTB’s mission is to provide overall community support, strategies, and awareness for families impacted by gun violence in Baltimore City.

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Project Title: Reforestation of Rockville’s Redgate park

Award Amount: $199,930.00

Number of Trees: 1,362

The goal of this grant is to plant 1,362 trees in RedGate Park. RedGate Park is an approximately 130-acre site owned by City of Rockville located in the Rock Creek watershed and is adjacent to neighborhoods with low-median household income levels. The long-term goal of the reforestation of RedGate Park project is to plant up to 10,000 trees and shrubs over multiple years to revert a former golf course back to a natural habitat and help improve the environment.

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Project Title: Medstar Harbor Hospital Urban Forest Park Tree Planting

Award Amount: $14,000.00

Number of Trees: 20

The goal of this grant is to plant 20 trees in Harbor Park West affected by Dutch Elm Disease, replacing them with healthy specimens, helping to maintain the hospital campus’ Harbor Park West as a thriving green space that is accessible to both the patient population at MedStar Harbor and residents in Cherry Hill. By reinvesting in the revitalization of MedStar’s Harbor Park West, an impactful green space will contribute to positive health outcomes for residents, patients, and hospital associates.

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Project Title: Eastern Shore Community Restoration

Award Amount: $758,947.00

Number of Trees: 1,000

The goal of this grant is to plant 1,000 trees on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. This project would cover all of the four priority urban areas in six Eastern Shore counties identified by the MD Department of Natural Resources in their 2021 Tree Solutions Now mapping tool. It would also include some small, underserved urban areas that are rapidly changing.

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Project Title: Midtown Tree Canopy Support Project

Award Amount: $199,728.00

Number of Trees: 350

The goal of this grant is to plant 350 trees in Midtown, Baltimore. The project aims to support the four communities we serve through meaningful investment in the positive environmental impact area that is their tree canopy. The project will focus on expanding emerging workforce development programming under Midtown’s management. The project will focus solely on city trees and tree wells in the public-right-away along major residential and commercial corridors.

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Project Title: Montgomery County Public School Urban Tree Planting

Award Amount: $813,710.00

Number of Trees: 1,348

The goal of this grant is to plant 1,348 urban shade trees, including 1,154 through the grant and 194 as in-kind match. The shade trees will be installed at 41 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). DEP has previous experience with the Tree Montgomery program partnering with MCPS on tree plantings at schools across Montgomery County.

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Project Title: Greenmount West Tree Planting, Mulching, and Tree Bordering

Award Amount: $51,900.00

Number of Trees: 75

The goal of this grant is to plant 75 trees in Greenmount West Community, Baltimore. The goal of the project is to increase Greenmount West’s tree canopy by better caring for existing street trees, planting and caring for new street trees, and planting some trees in parks and greenspaces.

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Project Title: Support for Tree Planting Projects in the West North Avenue Development Authority Footprint and Gwynns Falls’ Mighty Park

Award Amount: $899,415.00

Number of Trees: 1,026

The goal of this grant is to plant 1,026 trees across Balitmore City. Parks & People plan to plant 26 trees across 1.21 acres of new urban park land and 1,000 street trees in new tree pits in Baltimore, Maryland. A portion of these trees would be planted in Gwynns Falls’ Mighty Park—a major 2023 project for Parks & People, and the remaining 1,000 of the requested trees would be planted within the footprint of the West North Avenue Development Authority [WNADA].

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Project Title: Buffalo Soldier Living History Site, LLC

Award Amount: $15,000.00

Number of Trees: 15

The goal of this grant is to plant 15 trees near Hattie’s Trail as a part of the Preservation Trust of Wicomico, Inc.’s Buffalo Solider Living History Site LLC. The enhancing of the trail area with plants, flowers and trees will ensure that it is definitely an added attraction for visitors to enjoy when they visit the adjacent living history site.

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Project Title: Prince George’s County DPW&T Roadside and Residential Tree Planting Program

Award Amount: $1,000,000.00

Number of Trees: 4,000

The goal of this grant is to plant 4,000 additional street and residential tree plantings to benefit residents in underserved, economically and socially disadvantaged communities. For 12 years, Prince George’s County’s Department of Public Works and Transportation has planted over 66,000 street trees through its “Right Tree, Right Place” (RTRP) program in its fight to mitigate climate change and transform neighborhoods.

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Project Title: Takoma Park Elementary School Food Forest

Award Amount: $16,740.00

Number of Trees: 36

The goal of this grant is to plant 36 trees establish as a part of the mini food forest at Takoma Park Elementary School (TPES). The food forest will be incorporated into the school’s curriculum in a way that increases the environmental literacy of the school’s students. Teachers, using hands-on, experiential teaching methods and project-based learning, will use the food forest to help students learn about the importance of soil health, ecosystem health and biodiversity.

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Project Title: UM Rehab Treehabilitation 2

Award Amount: $39,502

Number of Trees: 500

The goal of this grant is to plant 500 trees at the UMD Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute. Approximately 100 of the trees will replace dead trees (mostly ash) that were removed in 2022. The additional 400 trees and shrubs will be planted across the campus in areas that are currently grass. Tree densities will vary, but most will be planted with a park-like setting in mind, rather than forest.

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Project Title: UMBC Urban Forest Vitalization

Award Amount: $329,916.00

Number of Trees: 989

The goal of this grant is to plant 989 across the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. UMBC will help mitigate climate change and enhance thousands of students and community member’s campus experience through this project. The intent is to build upon the already existing green spaces that have potential to lower heat island effect, reduce noise pollution, reduce soil erosion, and promote community health and wellbeing.

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Project Title: Addressing Stormwater Management with Urban Trees in West Baltimore Phase II

Award Amount: $192,170.00

Number of Trees: 315

The goal of this grant is to plant 315 trees in the Upton neighborhood of West Baltimore. Recent data shows that these West Baltimore neighborhood have a median tree canopy coverage of 17%. The city’s current canopy coverage is 27.4% with a goal of 40%. Upton has identified over 3000 locations where threes can be planted within the community.

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Project Title: Waldorf Master Plan

Award Amount: $30,855.00

Number of Trees: 100

The goal of this grant is to plant 100 trees on the Waldorf School of Baltimore’s Campus. The Waldorf School of Baltimore is creating a master plan for the entire campus and adjacent properties which includes but is not limited to native tree planting, gardens, and other native and edible plants. The goal of the Green Team Committee is to promote plant and animal biodiversity, and land stewardship, which is incorporated into the Waldorf School curriculum.

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