City of Miami Thanks Ros-Lehtinen for Her Help Obtaining Federal Funds to Make the City Greener
Miami, Florida ---- Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a senior member of the Florida Congressional Delegation, is pleased to have played a role in helping the City of Miami obtain federal funds to make the city a greener place in which to live.The City of Miami’s Public Works Department sent Ros-Lehtinen a thank you letter for her efforts in having federal funds directed to Miami’s reforestation campaign.Miami received funding from the Urban and Community Forestry program in the US Forest Service and from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.These funds allowed Miami, the MagicCity, to plant 423 trees within the Flagami area and 229 trees within the Little Haiti area.The success of this program has encouraged further action on the environmental front; including an initiative to increase the City’s tree canopy from 6% to 30% within the next ten years.Additionally, this grant will help make Miami’s reforestation efforts a success.Said Ros-Lehtinen, “The efforts of the City of Miami, the US Forest Service and concerned citizens are helping to make Miami a greener city and that is something that should make us all very proud.”