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Staunton is already taking green steps like public rain gardens and urban forest areas. But it's also getting some outside help from a group of students from the University of Virginia.
Graduate students in the UVA "Green Lands" program took their first of several field trips to Staunton. They toured two city parks, both of them with heavy forest areas that can improve air and water quality.
The students are also looking at ways that Staunton can build its so-called "green infrastructure."
UVA Green Lands Instructor Karen Firehock said, "We're going to look at the forest canopy, the streams, trails, opportunities for water to infiltrate. So we're going to evaluate your natural resources and figure out ways to make Staunton an even more pleasant place to live."
The students will go public with their research findings and recommendations during a Staunton community meeting in November. They hope to offer ideas that are friendly to the environment and to business. For example, plantings are a natural filter for stormwater, and they point to studies that shoppers spend more time and money in commercial areas surrounded by trees.
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