Central Los Angeles : Tree-Planting Project Grows Into 2nd Year
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Community members and business owners have joined together to kick off the second year of the Wilshire Enhancement Improvement Program, planting trees in the Wilshire Center/Koreatown neighborhood.
The improvement program, a project of the Wilshire Chamber of Commerce, has been responsible for planting about 300 trees in the area. During the next year, youngsters from the Korean Youth and Community Center will do the bulk of the planting, said Gary Russell, executive director of the program.
Neighborhood groups will also participate in the beautification program, Russell said. The goal is to plant 2,000 trees.
“Once a month over the next 12 months we will go in and work with neighborhoods and work on a Saturday to plant anywhere from 15 to 20 trees,” Russell said.
The idea is to get members of the communities in the Wilshire area to get to know each other and start block clubs, Russell said.
“Residents will get to know one another and once that connection happens, we begin to take back our blocks,” he said.
The next block planting is scheduled at the end of October on Rampart Street between 3rd and 6th Streets.
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