Tag: Genesee Conservation District
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Arbor Day means “Tree City USA” again for Flint, many new trees for Pierce Park
By Jan Worth-Nelson A dozen retirees from the College Cultural Neighborhood Association (CCNA) worked alongside a half dozen professional tree lovers more than half their age to celebrate Arbor Day in Pierce Park Friday. The day also marked the City of Flint’s 22nd year as a “Tree City USA,” a national designation of the Arbor…
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Re-greening Flint: New city trees coming next spring via Mott Foundation grant
By Jan Worth-Nelson Last year, in light of threats from an aging tree canopy in the city, the C.S. Mott Foundation contributed $208,000 to the Genesee Conservation District (GCD) to remove more than 330 dangerously cracked and dead trees in the traffic islands, medians, and “parkways” between streets and sidewalks. Now, the foundation is granting $140,000…
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Pierce Park restoration underway with community collaboration
By Jan Worth-Nelson An 80-acre park in Flint which had been overrun by neglect, arson and invasive species is getting a big dose of love and hoped-for restoration from a partnership between the College Cultural Neighborhood Association (CCNA), the Genesee Conservation District (GCD) and the City of Flint. Pierce Park, owned by the city since…
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Rise in child abuse, violent crimes, home repairs, and dead trees highlighted at March FNU
By Coner Segren A rise in child abuse in Genesee County, a $200,000 grant to remove dead trees, available funds for home owners’ home repairs, and a presentation addressing violent crime were items discussed at the monthly Zoom meeting of the Flint Neighborhoods United (FNU). The zoom meeting was moderated by Theresa Roach, program director…
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Genesee Earth Week set to celebrate 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Genesee Conservation District (GCD) has announced its first annual Genesee Earth Week. Events will take place the week of April 18 – 25, 2020, launched by a kick-off party set for 5:30 to 9 p.m. April 17, at Tenacity Brewing, 119 N. Grand Traverse St. Genesee Earth…
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Three spring initiatives start April 15 to “replant Genesee County” by conservation district
The Genesee Conservation District announces its spring initiatives to replant Genesee County. The annual Reforestation Event, a tree sale and show, is 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. April 15 at Genesee County Habitat for Humanity, 101 Burton St. A Native Plant workshop begins at 1 p.m., and previously ordered trees and plants may be picked…
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Flint declared “Tree City USA”–300 seedlings planted
By Jan Worth-Nelson Flint is one of 3,400 city nationwide to be named a 2018 “Tree City USA” by the Arbor Day Foundation. It was the 18th year in a row for the city to receive the designation. To celebrate, staff of the Genesee Conservation District, managers of the city’s urban treescape, planted 300 seedlings…
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Commentary: How to get out the vote? GCD may have the answer–make it hard
By Paul Rozycki It must be a Flint thing. If you want people to do something, tell them you can’t do it. Make it difficult. Make it too easy and they will ignore you. Consider some recent elections in Flint. On one hand, in the last few years, an election to choose the members of…
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Analysis: GCD administrator, CCNA leaders reflect on record-breaking “tree” election
By Jan Worth-Nelson Advocates for Flint’s urban forest — both in the Genesee Conservation District (GCD) and the “grassroots” of a contentiously active neighborhood association — are taking a deep breath today after the election of three new directors for the GCD board that produced the largest turnout of voters for a usually sleepy plebiscite…
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Three new board members to join Conservation District board
The vote tally from Thursday’s Genesee Conservation District election, posted on the GCD website today, are as follows: Final tally, Four-year term: Erin Caudell, 272 votes Caroline Kellogg, 242 votes Andy Everman, 239 votes Dave Lossing, 236 votes Final tally for the partial term ending March 22, 2019: Kristen Miner, 266 votes Candice C.…
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