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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) and
Georgia Forestry Commission
(GFC)
Project Title: Tree Planting for Ecosystem Restoration and Green Jobs: Georgia's Growing Green
Follow Project updates at http://gfccommunityforestry.wordpress.com
Project Manager: Sarah Visser, Georgia's Growing Green Project Manager
Project E-mail: svisser@gfc.state.ga.us
Project Mailing Address: 6835 James B. Rivers Memorial Drive; Stone Mountain GA 30083 ATTN: ARRA Tree Planting Grant
GFC Project #: 1G259
Federal ID #: 10-DG-11084419-034
Funds Amount $897,000
Funds Allocation
$897,000 to support a sub-grant program that creates or sustains green jobs and helps to restore local ecosystems by planting trees in North Georgia.
Qualification and Application Information
The Georgia's Growing Green Grants have been awarded - see a list of funded projects. For information about bid or job opportunities, please contact the local project manager.
Project Description:
The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) will assist in the creation of more than 30 jobs in north Georgia as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) through tree planting projects designed to help stimulate the economy and restore ecosystems impacted by growth and urbanization. The project will help many north Georgia counties where the highest net changes in employment rates have occurred by creating and retaining green jobs in nurseries, tool and equipment sales, and landscape architecture, among others. These jobs will help sustain the health and diversity of north Georgia forests, which have been impacted by the pressures of growth and urbanization.Funding will be passed to local partner organizations and institutions which provide the mechanism and leverage needed to select tree planting sites and carry out the plantings. Urban forest professionals will guide the strategic placement of trees for economic and environmental benefits such as water and air quality, climate change, energy savings, greenhouse gases
reduction, and mitigation of storm runoff.
Designated counties in the approved “Georgia Growing Green” grant include, but are not limited to: Lumpkin, Fannin, Dawson, Union, White, Clarke (Athens), Floyd (Rome), Gordon, Murray, Oglethorpe, Habersham, Morgan, Towns, Rabun, Gordon, Whitfield and Gilmer. These areas have recorded the highest net changes in unemployment rates and are considered to have the strongest potential for building on tree planting capacity.
Press articles:bb
Stimulus dollars fund planting of 18 elms on Riverside Parkway - Rome News-Tribune
Tree Installation in DeShong and Graves Park -
Natural Resources Conservation Service, GA
New Trees for Jefferson - AccessNorthGa.com
Cities Plan to Plant Trees with Federal Money - GainesvilleTimes.com
ARRA Stimulus Funds at Work in Urban Forestry - Alliance for Community Trees
Federal Program Funding Source:
10.688
Tree Planting for Ecosystem Restoration and Green Jobs: Georgia's Growing Green
USDA Forest Service Southern Region
1720 Peachtree Road NW Ste 876s
Atlanta GA 30309
Phone: 404.347.4569
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