Design Concepts to be Presented: Regreening Springfield’s “X” Commercial District

Monday, Feb 29th, 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Forest Park Library Community Room
380 Belmont Avenue, Springfield, MA

Please plan to attend the second session on ‘green streets’, urban forestry and the development of regreening plans for the “X” commercial district. This session will provide for an opportunity to learn more about the value of trees in Springfield, and to review the work that the Conway School of Design team has completed on green street improvements at the “X”.

Join our interactive session to learn more about the benefits urban trees have on the community and the different components of green streets. Plan to join us at this FREE event, enjoy some light refreshments and share in the celebration of greenspace in the neighborhood. The design concepts that have been developed by the student team are outstanding, and your feedback is critical to their finalization and value as a community asset for years to come. Your input is needed and welcomed.

You will also learn about how you can participate in helping to care and maintain for the trees in your yard, neighborhoods, in our parks and along our streets. Also, details on how you can receive a new shade tree this spring will be provided at the session. This is a great opportunity to help play a role in regreening the city… one tree at a time.

Please forward this message and attachment to help inform others of this important community effort.

Date, Time and Location: Monday, February 29th – 3:30 to 5:00 PM at Forest Park Branch Library

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Regreening Springfield’s X Commercial District
Design Workshop – Thursday, Feb 11th, 4:30-6:00 PM
Forest Park Library Community Room

Please plan to attend this exciting event! Regreen Springfield is working with the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, the Conway School of Design, the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission, and the City of Springfield to develop a greening proposal for the Springfield X commercial district of the city, in order to determine the feasibility of the installation ‘green street’ components in neighborhoods. This project is being funded by the US Forest Service, and will be replicated in Chicopee and Holyoke following completion of the effort in Springfield.

Please plan to join us at the workshop, which features development of conceptual plans for the area and take-home information on using trees in the landscape, including your own yard.

Click on the image above to view workshop flyer.

On Saturday, October 31, 26 volunteers from C&S Wholesale Grocers, located in Hatfield, worked with volunteers from Regreen Springfield to help regreen Camp Wilder Park in the Sixteen Acres Neighborhood.  The park was created as part of the effort to restore greenspace in the city following the June 2011 tornado.

The team of volunteers, who traveled to Springfield from as far away as Brattleboro, VT and Erving, MA worked to prune shrubs, weed and cultivate planting beds, spread bark mulch and remove invasive plants from the tornado recovery area of the park near Quarry Pond.

The effort provided an opportunity for Regreen Springfield to partner with another corporate supporter in an effort to regreen the city… one tree at a time.  The C&S team plans to visit Springfield again next spring, to help plant trees in the lower Forest Park Neighborhood of the city.