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Greater Fall
River Re-Creation Executive Director Grace Gerling invited members of
the Fall River Street Tree Planting
Program (FRSTPP) to the new Seventh
Street Community Garden to plant two new trees on Arbor
Day, April 29, 2016. FRSTPP President Mary Ann Wordell spoke about the
importance of trees for the health of the community before Special
Assistant to Mayor Jasiel Correia II Faust Fiore presented an Arbor Day
Proclamation to Bank
Street Neighborhood Association President Natalie Melo, Niagara
Neighborhood Association President John Sylvia, and Ms. Gerling who will
be principally responsible for the garden along with dozens of volunteers. The City has
turned the space over to Greater Fall River Re-Creation to be
operated by the Bank Street, Niagara and Father Kelly Neighborhood
Associations. As the tree planting ceremony was completed, workers from Century
Paving and Construction began work on the foundation for a new tool
shed to be donated by Lowes. |
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(Top row, left) Bank Street Neighborhood Association President Natalie Melo goes over plans for the garden with Special Assistant to Mayor Jasiel Correia II Faust Fiore. (Top row, center) Ms. Melo greets Roger Keyes, Joshua Correiro and Joshua Soojian of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and Fall River Street Tree Planting Program President Mary Ann Wordell. (Top row, right) Ivette-Joy Willis of DCR talks with Mr. Soojian and Mr. Correia before the event begins. (Middle row) The group gathers between the two newly-planted trees as Ms. Gerling and Ms. Wordell speak. (Row three) Mr. Fiore makes some remarks before awarding citations to Mr. Sylvia and Ms. Melo. (Bottom row) Ms. Gerling and Ms. Melo spread mulch around the base of one of the trees just before Mile Silva and Carlos Cabral of Century Paving and Construction begin excavation for a base for a new tool shed and Ms. Melo offers some fresh vegetables to the crowd.. |
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