City Trees Initiative Grows To New Heights
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The million trees initiative reached a new milestone Monday with the help of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a special guest in Queens.
Bloomberg was joined by legendary entertainer Bette Midler in St. Albans to plant tree number 250,000.
The goal is to put one million trees in the ground by the year 2017.
At the event, the mayor and Midler also announced a new program called "Put Down Roots" which encourages homeowners to plant trees on their property and they can get them for free.
"We are going to continue to plant trees along our streets and sideways and schoolyards and especially and front and backyards and in fact the next phase is all about greening residential and private businesses," Bloomberg said.
For more information, homeowners can visit http://www.milliontreesnyc.org.