MillionTreesNYC is a Citywide, public-private initiative with an ambitious goal: to plant and care for one million new trees across the City's five boroughs over the next decade.
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PARKS AND MILLIONTREESNYC YOUTH JOB TRAINING PARTICIPANTS PLANT TREES IN RIVERDALE PARK

Parks and MillionTreesNYC Youth Job Training Participants Plant Trees in Riverdale Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2008

Parks‘ Natural Resources Group (NRG) forestry crew members, MillionTreesNYC Training Program Ecological Restoration Crew Leader Jason Stein, and 30 MillionTreesNYC Training Program participants planted 1000 trees in Riverdale Park through Mayor Bloomberg‘s MillionTreesNYC initiative to plant and care for one million trees by 2017.

The MillionTreesNYC Training Program is a jobs program offering professional training with a focus on forestry and horticulture to young adults disconnected from schools or careers. Through this paid on–the–job training program, participants will cultivate job skills preparing them for the many available green jobs that involve tree planting, pruning, and stewardship. This pilot program is one of the over 40 innovative programs of the Mayor‘s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) to reduce the number of New Yorkers living in poverty, and is generously supported by the Altman Foundation.

Photo Credit: Malcolm Pinckney/NYC Parks & Recreation.
Contact: Jama Adams/ Jesslyn Tiao Moser (212) 360-1311




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