Louisville receives grant to add thousands of tree canopies in underserved areas
The $12 million grant from the USDA Forest Service will help address the issue by adding 5,000 trees in underserved areas over the next five years.
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The $12 million grant from the USDA Forest Service will help address the issue by adding 5,000 trees in underserved areas over the next five years.
Food access groups asking Louisville leaders for federal relief funds to fight food insecurity Louisville Metro leaders said they are looking for community input on how to spend $340 million that has not yet been allocated. Author: Dennis Ting Updated: 12:24 AM EDT July 12, 2021 "On average, people living in west Louisville will die up to 12 years earlier than people living in neighborhoods in the eastern part of our city," Andrew Kang Bartlett, a volunteer leader of Food in Neighborhoods Community Coalition, said. "And a lot of that has to do with diet." The m...