CTC Announces 2024 Grant Awardees

Written By Sara Tillie

Nearly 500 new trees will be planted in the City of Cleveland over the next 12 months. 15 organizations applied for funds through the Fall 2024 Cleveland Tree Coalition Grant Program, requesting over $800,000.00 to plant and maintain trees. After careful consideration by a Coalition grant review committee, $660,928.86 will be distributed to 13 agencies. The following partners are funded to conduct neighborhood plantings: 

  • Downtown Cleveland Inc.: Planting 36 trees in Public Square, Erie St. Cemetery, and along Euclid Ave., Prospect Ave., and East 9th St. 

  • Evangelical Environmental Network: Maintaining 137 trees at Lake Pool Park, and along Lake Ave., W 85th, W 89th, and W 65 streets 

  • Friends of Jefferson Neighborhood: Planting 20 trees along W 129th St. 

  • Jefferson-Puritas West Park CDC: Planting 40 trees in a vacant lot off Emery Ave. 

  • MetroWest Community Development: Planting 50 trees on W 65th from Clark Ave. to Storer Ave. 

  • Midtown Cleveland Inc.: Planting 100 trees on Carnegie Ave. from E 55th to E 79th St. 

  • Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation: Planting 12 trees in Monroe Street Cemetery 

  • Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District: Planting 56 trees in a greenspace on E 71 St. 

  • Northwest Neighborhoods CDC: Planting 35 trees on Colgate Ct. from W 80 to W 73 St. 

  • Old Brooklyn Development Corp.: 50 residential tree plantings 

  • Slavic Village Development: 50 residential tree plantings 

  • University Circle Inc.: Planting 15 trees at Wade Oval 

  • Western Reserve Land Conservancy: Planting 75 trees at Wilson Elementary School 

 

Sara Tillie