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Today’s edition · Fri., Nov. 6

Bryant is giving away free native trees to residents

Plus, Bryant's planning commission meets Monday and Saline County sets two veterans events.

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Bryant is offering free native trees to residents, businesses and schools

166,000native trees planned across six central Arkansas counties by the end of 2029

The regional effort covers Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and Saline counties.

Sources: KARK, MySaline

If you've got a yard, a farm or a schoolyard with room for a tree, this one's for you. The City of Bryant has partnered with the Central Arkansas Tree Planting Project to hand out free native trees. Homeowners, schools, churches, farms, nonprofits, businesses and public agencies can all ask for them.

More than two dozen native species are available, including redbud, flowering dogwood and bald cypress. Organizers say the trees shade homes and streets, reduce stormwater runoff and improve wildlife habitat. You can request trees online. Recipients are asked to plant them promptly, document where they go and keep caring for them.

  • Next round: free bare-root seedlings for spring planting
  • Request trees: bit.ly/BryantARTrees
  • Large orders: treeplantingproject@uada.edu

A federal grant and Extension staff are behind the free trees

ItemWho
FundingEPA grant awarded to Metroplan
DistributionUA System Division of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service
SupportArkansas Watershed Steward Program, local partners

Sources: KARK, MySaline

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News Notes

Planning

The Bryant Planning Commission meets Monday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Courtroom at the , 210 SW 3rd Street. The agenda has commercial site plans, a conditional use permit for a residential duplex and preliminary plats for three housing developments, and the session will be streamed on the city's YouTube channel. MySaline

Three local dates come up between Monday and Thursday

  1. Nov. 9Bryant Planning Commission meets at 6 p.m.
  2. Nov. 11Saline County holds its Veterans Day ceremony.
  3. Nov. 12Saline County holds a veteran appreciation lunch.

Sources: MySaline, The Saline Courier

Veterans

Saline County will honor veterans with a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11, and a veteran appreciation lunch Thursday, Nov. 12. The Saline Courier

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  2. Wed., Nov. 4Saline County voters reject library millage cut
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5AM Bentonto me · Fri., Nov. 66:00 a.m.

Bryant is giving away free native trees to residents

Plus, Bryant's planning commission meets Monday and Saline County sets two veterans events.

The TLDR

  1. Bryant offers free native trees through a regional program
  2. Bryant Planning Commission meets Mon., Nov. 9, at 6 p.m.
  3. Saline County plans a Veterans Day ceremony and a lunch
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