Baltimore Is Improving City Assets, Providing Summer Jobs and Increasing the Tree Canopy
Since March 1, 2007 we have:
- Enhanced Gateways: Added over 10 miles of median plantings and placed over 850 new trash cans along City gateways and retail corrridors
- Spruced up City Buildings and Yards: Landscaped new flower beds and container plantings
- Created New Zoning Category for Parks and Open Space
- Generated Summer Greening Jobs for City Youth: To clean and beautify our parks and trails in partnership with organizations such as the Parks and People Foundation and Johnson Controls
- Funded the Vacant Lot Greening Program: To plant over 300 trees on Baltimore’s vacant lots with Bon Secours Hospital
- Doubled the Number of Street Trees Planted in Baltimore in 2006
Our future goals includes:
- Doubling the City’s Tree Canopy over next 30 Years: TreeBaltimore Urban Forestry Management Plan calls for doubling our tree canopy to improve air and water quality and increase wildlife habitat
- Giving 1,000 Trees to Residents: Part of the TreeBaltimore Plan includes offering City residents trees to plant in their yards
Baltimore City Office of Sustainability
