Columbia Green and the city of Columbia will be hosting a fourth educational event as part of their "Beat the Heat" initiative.

The initiative aims to plant thousands of new shade trees on private property throughout Columbia to address rising urban heat, and to help to restore the urban canopy, which organizers say suffered a 22% decrease over the past 20 years. They say the trees planted will improve air quality, provide cooling shade, help with stormwater runoff, and promote environmental sustainability, and are offered to eligible property owners at no cost.

Columbia Green is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1984, and their mission is to improve and protect the natural beauty of greater Columbia by promoting sustainable plantings, preserving trees and green-spaces, and ed

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