The committee applied for grants to cover the cost of the trees and two years’ worth of maintenance and watering services.
Two Riverview residents, Jeff Palmer and Matthew Lawrence, with some support from others, worked last summer on the map that showed us just how many trees were lost.
Rollins said she was pleased to support the community’s efforts to restore the boulevard trees.
Botkin said the pear — which flowers, but doesn’t bear fruit — was chosen for its low height, and will not block views to the street.
One of Wady’s neighbours, who is an urban beekeeper, told her biodiversity is very important for bees.
Susie got her first paying job as a journalist in the late ’80s on the Free Press Weeklies, then followed that with 20 years as a reporter, photographer and specialty editor at the Winnipeg Free Press.