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Lawrence County’s Tree Revitalization Project

Establishing Conservation Areas on Vacant Lots 

The Lawrence County Commissioners are pleased to announce the undertaking of an effort to revitalize vacant lots in the City of New Castle with trees, shrubs, and wildflowers.  In cooperation with the City of New Castle and the Lawrence County Conservation District, five county assumed vacant lots have been identified throughout New Castle for establishing conservation areas.  These lots will be planted with a variety of trees and shrubs during the last week of October, 2008.  Wildflowers and native grasses will be planted in the Spring of 2009.  Volunteers will be recruited for the project. 

Planting trees in urban areas can greatly improve community character and provides many environmental benefits.  Vacant lots in urbanized settings provide an excellent opportunity for replacing built structures and grassed lawns with trees and shrubs.  Increasing canopy cover in watersheds through reforestation efforts has many environmental, economic, and community benefits including increased property values, reducing stormwater runoff through infiltration, protecting water quality through nutrient uptake, providing green and open space for residents, increased aesthetic appeal, shading through tree canopy to reduce urban heat impacts, providing wildlife habitat, and reducing mowing and maintenance costs funded with taxpayer dollars.  Research has also proven that revitalizing communities can reduce violence and crime rates.

For more information, please contact Megan or Jay at the Conservation District.

724-652-4512

Photos of planting day October 29th, 2008

NEW CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM STUDENTS
assisted with planting