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Tree Planting for Cooler Summers and Cleaner Air in Partnership with a Community Hospital, Outpatient Center and Land Trusts to Improve Health Conditions for High Risk Populations in Two Small, Low-income Cities
The Massachusetts communities of Ware and Southbridge have significantly above average incidence of respiratory conditions among their populations and low existing tree canopy cover. In a unique partnership among cities, community health care facilities, grassroots neighborhood centers, and regional land trusts, this project will focus on cost-effective and spatially-strategic community tree planting to cool low…
