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Community Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Make a Difference Day
two of over 100 NRCS Earth Team volunteers who helped with the
Community Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Make a Difference Day tree
planting project in north Birmingham’s rebounding Norwood community |
Thanks to the efforts of the NRCS Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development
Council, the Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the
Norwood Resource Center, over 100
NRCS Earth Team
volunteers helped celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Make a Difference Day in
Birmingham, Alabama, by planting over 100 trees in a little over five hours to
replace those lost to age, pollution, and weather. The volunteers gathered in
north Birmingham’s rebounding Norwood community and with funds from the McWane
Cast Iron Pipe Company and the Urban and Community Tree Assistance, the Earth
Team volunteers planted trees along Norwood Boulevard. The historic Norwood
community with its appealing architecture is engaged in an on-going effort to
restore its housing stock and tree-lined boulevards.
Some of the trees were purchased with a grant from the McWane Cast Iron Pipe
Company while others were donated by the City of Birmingham’s Releaf Project
and the Tropeano Family Farm.
Your contact is Julie Best, NRCS
public affairs specialist, at 334-887-4549.
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