Plant More Trees

The name “Forest City” was given to Cleveland in the mid to late 1800’s. Our tree canopy, at its peak, could cover 82.4% of Cuyahoga County. 

Currently, trees cover 37.6%. 

Trees have been proven to:

• Improve air quality

• Increase property values up to 30%

• Reduce heating and cooling costs up to 12% annually

• Change street temperature up to 7 degrees

• Decrease stress and domestic violence

• Reduce noise pollution

• Improve water quality and soak up excess runoff during storms

Some of our biggest problems require the simplest solutions. Let’s hit 82.4% coverage in this district.