[Communications] Chicago native plant parkway restoration project

[Lorraine Kells]

Adam,

The photos you sent are all too common in our parkways in Chicago. The
Streets and Sanitation, Bureau of Forestry dept has stated a goal to plant
75,000 new trees in the city of Chicago. We know that has fallen short and
what's worse, the trees we do have in our parkways are not maintained.
While four public agencies are responsible for planting and maintaining
trees in the parks and on parkways, resources are limited, so the burden
falls to residents. You'll find page 7 of the Guide to Urban Tree Care,
states that the city relies on us to care for our urban street trees.

While your photos are familiar, you did not indicate any location or
group for supporting the parkways with these trees.  Are you willing to
contact residents, homeowners or local businesses to get out to manage
these parkways and street trees, to do the regenerative work?  Before more
beautification can take place with the addition of pollinator plants,
the dirt which no longer resembles healthy soil may need amendment. The
trees need mulching.  So do you have a plan?

Best,
Lorraine Kells



On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM Adam M via Communications <
communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:

> Hi Lorraine,
>
> I would love to work on a project in our neighborhood (and hopefully
> expand from there) about restoring some of our parkways with native plants.
>
> Would love to discuss more and also help close the loop with composting
> and other regenerative measures.
>
> I've attached a couple of photos as a reference point.
>
> Thanks!
> Adam
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