City tree project worth the effort
The city of Steubenville has started on a wonderful project that will give residents the opportunity to honor loved ones and beautify city parks. The program allows residents and organizations to buy trees that will be planted in the city parks. It’s a way to help the city complete the beautification project in city parks that has taken place during the past year. It also gives residents not only a chance to dedicate the tree they purchase to someone near and dear but also gives residents a sense of ownership and pride and belonging and community. Yes, we pay our taxes and we “own” the parks, but citizens who go to the extra step of donating a tree will have a sense of ownership that goes a little further. It makes one care, just a little bit more. The city’s park architects have suggested landscaping patterns including groupings of red oaks, red maples, flowering pear and pine trees, and council members say a tree purchase simply completes the project and adds to the parks’ beauty.
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