(Undated)– Several local communities have been awarded grants through a tree planting program sponsored by Alliant Energy and Trees Forever.
More than 407,900-dollars is being awarded to communities throughout the state in the latest round of “Branching Out” grants.
In Dickinson county, Arnolds Park was awarded 4,500-dollars; the Lakes Art Center in Okoboji will get 2,100-dollars; two-thousand dollars was awarded to the city of Spirit Lake; and Wahpeton will get a thousand dollars.
Branching Out grants have also been awarded to Alta, which gets two thousand dollars; George, a thousand dollars; Peterson receives 500-dollars; Sibley will get 1,500-dollars and Storm Lake was awarded 3,500-dollars.
129 communities throughout the state were awarded Branching Out Grants this year.
