Project Overview:
The PBC Office of Resilience partnered with Community Greening, a local urban forestry non-profit, and the PBC Parks & Recreation Department to expand tree canopy in the Glades region, including the South Bay, Belle Glade, Pahokee, and Canal Point communities. The Resilient Glades Tree Campaign has planted trees at one PBC park and hosted two tree giveaway events for Glades residents to receive native and fruit trees. The project goals are to decrease urban heat impacts, improve air quality, absorb stormwater, increase native biodiversity, and increase access to fresh produce. This project would not be possible without the support from the City of South Bay, the City of Belle Glade, the City of Pahokee, the Palm Health Foundation, Florida Clinicians for Climate Action, the PBC Cooperative Extension Office, the PBC Office of Community Revitalization, and the PBC Housing & Economic Development.
