NORWICH – The City of Norwich Street Tree Commission is pleased to announce the City of Norwich has once again been selected to receive money from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Community Urban Forestry Grant Program to plant 60 more trees over the next two years.

According to the Chairperson of the Norwich Tree Commission Rebecca Hargrave, the City of Norwich received $13,015.25 through the grant program and is planning to make trees available to City of Norwich residents who are interested in having a tree planted on their property.

"You have to live in the City of Norwich, it can be citizens or businesses," said Hargrave. "We have a dwindling budget for these kinds of things, and this allows us to continue to plant trees in our community."

She said volunteers will be planting 15 trees each spring and fall in 2019 and 2020.

"The trees will be planted in tree lawns, between the street and sidewalk, planting pits and city parks," said Hargrave. "Planting sites must meet some minimum requirements including at least four feet long by four feet wide and not within 10 feet of street signs or hydrants or 15 feet of an intersection."