Letter from 2nd Grader Prompts TDOT to Replace Trees
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 | 08:12am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Transportation will join Hannah Grace Henderson and her 2nd Grade class at Austin Peay Elementary School in Tipton County to plant trees.
Hannah Grace wrote a letter to TDOT last fall, expressing concern about the trees that had been cleared as part of a construction project on State Route 14 near her school. (See attached letter.) Since then, TDOT has worked with Hannah and Austin Peay Elementary on a plan to replace several of the trees.
The event will take place in front of the elementary school and will last approximately one hour.
WHO: TDOT
Austin Peay Elementary Students
WHEN: May 5, 2011
10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Austin Peay Elementary School
474 Academic Drive
Covington, TN
WHAT: Tree Planting
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For More Information Contact:
Nichole Lawrence
Region 4 Community Relations Office
731.935.0318
nichole.lawrence@tn.gov