The NSCNA Beautification Committee is working on a grant proposal to submit to the City of Austin’s Urban Forest Grant Program. We’re requesting money to purchase and plant trees to mitigate our neighborhood’s urban heat island effect, which, bounded as we are by commercial development and freeways, is likely to be considerable. We’re also asking for money to hire a certified arborist to assess where it’ll be more effective to plan the trees.
For additional information on this grant program, including grant restrictions on where the trees can be planted, visit the city’s Urban Forest Grant Program web page.
The Beautification Committee proposal will be presented to the association membership at our September 7 General Meeting. Here is a review draft of the grant application. If you have any questions on the proposal or want to participate in the project, please contact the Beautification Committee at beautification@nscna.org.
