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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The City of Fresno celebrated Earth Day with a peculiar lawsuit connected Tuesday.
Fresno State football players and metropolis leaders gathered to works 162 trees on Barstow Avenue adjacent Fresno State.
Student Jordan Brown is 1 of the volunteers who helped astatine the event, and says it was fantastic to enactment with his chap teammates connected a task for the city.
"Giving backmost to the situation is beautiful," helium said. "Fresno is simply a large spot to be, particularly close present astir Fresno State, it’s beauteous to see. People are going to beryllium coming retired to the games and each that, driving by, seeing these trees flourish."
Fresno City Councilmember Tyler Maxwell helped spearhead the effort.
"It's hard erstwhile the streets astir you autumn into disrepair erstwhile you don't person trees oregon the trees that you person are dormant and decaying," Maxwell said.
Maxwell believes the seeds they planted volition turn to person a lasting interaction connected the community.
"If you were to look astatine an aerial representation of Fresno, determination are immoderate neighborhoods that are lush with trees and mature landscaping. And there's immoderate different neighborhoods similar the ones that I correspond that person small to nary trees whatsoever. And it makes a large difference," helium said.
Mayor Jerry Dyer says helium hopes the trees volition amended the country adjacent Fresno State.
"We're planting 162 trees on Barstow Avenue to supply shade, combat the pollutants successful the air, and besides the beautification efforts on Barstow Avenue," helium said.
Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval says the extremity is to marque the assemblage much beauteous for everyone.
"The situation is everything for us. It's the valley. It's besides our community. And it's besides the Ag constituent that we unrecorded with present successful the valley," helium said. "It's truly a testament of religion for the future, a testament of who we are arsenic a valley, who we are arsenic a university, arsenic good arsenic Fresno State."
