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Environmental Justice Fellows plant trees, host celebration
November 9, 2021
The City of Newburgh Conservation Advisory Council (CAC), Outdoor Promise, and Greater Newburgh Parks Conservancy hosted on a fall, sunny-filled day, Saturday, in Tyrone Crabb Memorial Park the Environmental Justice Fellowship program provided with pizza, soup, music, and pamphlets.
You are invited to take a tree survey
September 16, 2021
The Environmental Justice Fellowship invites community members to take a tree survey for the City of Newburgh. Community input will help create a community-led movement to plant and protect trees in the City and will help to identify areas for fall 2021 tree planting. The Fellowship program will culminate with the planting of 16 trees throughout the city.
Environmental Fellows looking to replace lost trees
August 11, 2021
The City of Newburgh Environmental Justice Fellows are looking to plant more trees to create a greener Newburgh.“We’re missing 4,000 trees in the city of Newburgh from what we had a few decades ago,” said Kathy Lawrence, board chair of the Greater Newburgh Parks Conservancy. Lawrence, who appeared at the city council work session last week along with several of the city’s Environmental Justice Fellows, told the council that it’s not enough to just plant the trees, they need to be cared for and nurtured.
Newburgh Environmental Justice Fellows recognized
June 9, 2021
Four skilled and smart young women of color have been selected as the inaugural class of Environmental Justice Fellows in Newburgh, a program funded by the Arbor Day Foundation and TD Bank.
Outdoor Promise: Turning Access to Advocacy
May 25, 2021
Unbeknownst to many of its residents, the city of Newburgh, NY has been long fraught with pollution. Meet four young advocates working to plant the seeds for a bright future.
“Newburgh wins $19,000 Green Space Grant”