[ACT] Treebune News- $1.6 billion for Philly's Green Stormwater Plan and Vote for Trees in Delaware

[Jared Liu]

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	October 5, 2009	 	
		
  	


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NATIONAL NEWS
Breaking ground with a $1.6 billion plan to tame water
(Philadelphia, PA)- Philadelphia has announced a $1.6 billion plan to  
transform the city over the next 20 years by embracing its stormwater-  
instead of hustling it down sewers and into rivers as fast as  
possible. The proposal, which several experts called the nation's most  
ambitious, reimagines the city as an oasis of rain gardens, green  
roofs, thousands of additional trees, porous pavement, and more.

  	


  	
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LOCAL STORY
No More "Charlie Brown" Trees!
(Wilmington, DE)- Help the Delaware Center for Horticulture win a  
grant from Tom of Maine by voting for their project. It's very simple.  
There is no need to register with Tom's of Maine or to provide your  
email address. And you can vote once/day every day this month.

  	



  	
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