The Clinton Tree Commission is celebrating securing a grant for nearly $50,000.

Officially, the grant is for $47,500 from the Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Trees Initiative to improve the community tree canopy. John Baker with the Clinton Tree Commission is excited because this grant will allow them a lot of great opportunities in Clinton.

According to Edith Brady-Lunny with the Tree Commission, there will be improved signage of trees in the community arboretum.

When they found out the grant was available, they felt all they had to lose was their time to put it together. While competitive, Brady-Lunny felt they put together a very good application and ended up being selected amongst a relatively small number of recipients.

The CRTI grant will provide 30 new trees to public housing complexes and parks on Clinton’s east side. And again, funding support for this project was provided by the IRA through the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region.