Middletown falling short of goal in tree replacement effort

A year into the program, Middletown’s crowd-sourcing effort to raise money to plant trees to replace others that were damaged by Emerald Ash Borers is 5.6 percent of the way toward its $5,400 goal.

Four people have offered to put forward $300 toward the requested $5,400. The city last February announced that the $5,400 would be used to replace about a dozen of the 200-plus trees in city parks that have been destroyed by the insects, which have been found in at least 87 of Ohio’s 88 counties.

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The city’s request for assistance on the crowd-funding site called www.citizinvestor.com urges potential donors: “We want to restore the trees to our parks, and we need your help!”

Among city areas that would be helped by the program is Smith Park.

City Manager Doug Adkins, asked for his thoughts about the public’s response, whether the city had a Plan B and whether he was one of the contributors, responded by email: “No thoughts at this time. As far as I’m aware, we are not one of the contributors. No plan B at this time.”

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