Pyeongtaek City Awards Certificates of Appreciation to Tree Donors

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held a certificate of appreciation ceremony on the 27th attended by 10 citizens, including Kim Yong-seop (resident of Peng-seong-eup), who donated trees to the city.

The city explained that following promotion of the citizen tree donation program, 15 citizens donated a total of 4,984 trees of 14 species, including pine trees. Of these, 2,228 trees have been transplanted to date, achieving approximately 800 million won in budget savings.

Next year, the city plans to plant 2,500 ginkgo trees, 156 zelkova trees, and 100 Japanese black pine trees donated by citizens.

Mayor Jung Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek City said, "For expanding Pyeongtaek's urban forest, the active interest and participation of citizens is most important, so I urge continued participation," and added, "We will continue to pursue urban forest development with a vision of what Pyeongtaek will look like 100 years from now."