BALTIMORE — The first trees of fall have been planted at Fallstaff Elementary Middle School, and thousands more are going to other underserved communities throughout Baltimore City thanks to new grant funding.

In August, $8 million was awarded to 26 community organizations to plant over 28,000 new trees in urban and historically underserved areas through the Urban Trees Program. Baltimore Tree Trust is one of those organizations and planted the first set of trees at Fallstaff Elementary Middle School.

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"We are celebrating not just this incredible tree planting activity here at the school but all 147 communities that have pa

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