Eighty new coconut palms have been delivered and are being planted along Bridge Street.
“This will be a big improvement,” Mayor John Chappie said on April 25. “Many of the existing trees needed to be replaced.”
At an April 3 Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) meeting, the board approved a city partnership with developer Shawn Kaleta in which he will accept responsibility for the maintenance of the trees and donate $10,000 toward the $50,000 cost of the palms and white river rock. The balance will be paid from CRA funds.
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