2008 Spring RNeighborWoods Planting

At the RNeighborWoods planting on April 26th, 2008, over 140 volunteers showed up on a cold and snowy morning to help plant 100 trees in the Northern Addition Neighborhood. As an interesting side note, this neighborhood is entitled the “Northern Addition” because in 1857 it was the northern most plat of the land that would become the city of Rochester.

This event would not have been possible without the green partnerships in the RNeighborWoods program including Maier Forest & Tree, Olmsted County Youth and Vital Aging Commission, the Rochester City Forester, RPU, and Rochester Park and Rec. Volunteers from the neighborhood, taking pride in their neighborhood, Cronin Home were there bright and early, worked hard, and stayed until the last tree was in the ground.

Neighborhood business were generous in providing sponsorships including McDonald’s, Pepsi, Great Harvest Bread Company, Nickelson Painting, Thee Only Shoe Repair, The Gingerbread House, Susan Madden of State Farm Insurance. Roscoe’s BBQ provided a hot lunch to the chilly tree planters.

It was a chilly day but planters were diligent and all of the trees were in the ground by lunch. Check photos from the planting out on our website.

According to the American Forestry Association, if every family in the US planted just one tree a year, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere would be reduced by one billion pounds. We greatly appreciate the time and commitment from all of our planters to giving the Northern Addition neighborhood some trees that will grow greenly for generations to come.

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