{"id":455,"date":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryms.org\/?p=455"},"modified":"2019-05-06T16:14:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T16:14:02","slug":"town-of-terry-receives-canadian-railroad-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/town-of-terry-receives-canadian-railroad-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Town of Terry Receives Canadian Railroad Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Town of Terry has received a $25,000 grant for tree planting\nand beautification throughout the town. The projects include developing an\narboretum at the local park, a community fruit orchard and the Business\ndistrict landscaping. The Mississippi Urban Forest Council wrote the grant for\nthe town and will help with all aspects of project implementation. Volunteer\ngroups that will also participate in the projects are Byram-Terry Junior\nAuxiliary, Collis Hill Church Brotherhood, Friends of Terry, Terry Lion\u2019s Club,\nTerry Planning Committee, Terry Women\u2019s Club, and Terry High School Yellow\nJackets Alumni Association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am very excited that the Town has received this $25,000\nRailroad Grant for tree planting and beautification throughout the Town\u201d, said\nMayor Joseph Kendrick, Jr. This will be good for our downtown area and\nsomething that our business owners in this area can be proud of and \u201cI think\nthis will draw more people to our downtown area and will make our citizens\ngratified to drive through downtown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A press event with representatives from the CN, America In\nBloom and the MS Urban Forest Council will be held at Terry City Hall, 315 West\nCunningham Street, Terry Mississippi on Wednesday, February 13th at 4:00 PM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese types of activities are significant improvements to\nthe community. The social impact of green space, trees and gardens can be\nparticularly pronounced when public spaces are transformed into places of\nbeauty that foster safe places for neighborhood interaction, economic and\nproperty value enhancement, and improves the lives of those that live in or visit\nthe community.\u201d according to Donna Yowell, executive director of the MUFC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately C$250 billion worth of goods annually for the wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN \u2013 Canadian National Railroad Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries\u2014serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Montreal New Orleans, Mobile and Jackson, MS with connections to all points in North America. www.cnfromthegourdup.ca<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

America in Bloom envisions communities across the country as welcoming and vibrant places to live, work and play \u2013benefitting from colorful plants and trees; enjoying clean environments; celebrating heritage; and planting pride through volunteerism. America In Bloom promotes nationwide beautification through education and community involvement by encouraging the use of flowers, plants, trees and other environmental and lifestyle enhancements. America in Bloom is an independent non-profit 501\u00a93 organization and contributions to AIB are tax deductible. www.americainbloom.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details on the grant program, please check www.AmericaInBloom.org\/CN<\/a>. The Mississippi Urban Forest Council is Mississippi\u2019s own statewide nonprofit that works with communities and local groups to improve quality of life and support strong communities for economic success on a local level. MUFC was recently recognized by the MS Business Journal as one of Mississippi\u2019s best nonprofits. We are thrilled to work so very closely with the Town of Terry and to provide this opportunity for more enhancement to our state. These projects will begin a series of Arboretums in the state and these cities will become part of the Mississippi Arboretum Trail<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHelp Green Our Communities. Trees enhance property values, improve the look and feel of commercial areas, and even help reduce crime! The Mississippi Urban Forest Council and its\u2019 volunteers, the Urban Forest Masters have planted over 379,000 trees and donated over 3 million flower bulbs in Mississippi since 2010. For more information on Mississippi programs visit our web site at www.msurbanforest.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Town of Terry has received a $25,000 grant for tree planting and beautification throughout the town. The projects include developing an arboretum at the local park, a community fruit orchard and the Business district landscaping. The Mississippi Urban Forest Council wrote the grant for the town and will help with all aspects of project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NIzS-7l","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terryms.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}