Woodridge Gets $10K Urban And Community Forestry Grant

WOODRIDGE, IL — The village of Woodridge has been awarded a $10,000 Urban and Community Forestry grant. The grant, given to just 2o municipalities, comes from a partnership between Morton Arboretum and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

The village will use the grant to complete an inventory of its existing parkway trees. Arborists from Davey Tree will assist the village in gathering info on tree species and current conditions, in addition to identifying future planting sites.

In a statement, Woodridge Mayor Gina Cunningham said, "This inventory will help Woodridge continue to invest and plan for the future of the Village owned trees in the community."

The 2020 Urban and Community Forestry grants were awarded through a competitive application process that gave grants "evenly north and south of highway I-80, and communities competing in their own geographic areas." The amount of total grants awarded comes to$217,000.

Woodridge and other communities are required to match the grant funding in-kind or financially.