Thanks to a grant from Speaker Christine Quinn, HKNA and CHEKPEDS have designed sturdy tree guards and started to install them to protect the newly planted trees in the neighborhood. Trees are critical to reduce air pollution, they reduce electricity bill by cooling adjacent stores and they increase by 5% the valuae of adjacent properties. If you would like a tree installed in front of your building or your store call 311 or fill out a request. on line .
