Volunteers are Planting Dozens of Trees Around National City

NATIONAL CITY, CA -- Volunteers are planting nearly 200 trees at six locations around National City on Nov. 19 as part of a statewide urban forestry program.

The trees will go into the ground at El Toyon Park, along Euclid Avenue,Kimball Park, Las Palmas Park, the bike path near Plaza Bonita and Sweetwater Heights Park, according to the city.

The planting is part of the "Invest From the Ground Up'' campaign, designed to show how investing in trees and green spaces creates great neighborhoods, and CIRCLE -- the California Initiative to Reduce Carbon and Limit Emissions -- which seeks to improve and enrich urban forests by planting site-specific and drought tolerant shade trees of various species.

"We are very excited to see so many community partners and National City residents involved in improving their quality of life and environment through planting trees,'' said CIRCLE coordinator Corey Bassett. "The trees planted through this grant will be working hard for the communities they're planted in.''

National City is the last of nine cities around the state to have trees planted, and the only one in the greater San Diego area. Previous planting events took place in cities in Los Angeles and Orange counties, as well as Northern California.

By the time the local event is completed, around 1,350 trees will have been planted, according to the organizers.

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