Volunteers plant trees along Jefferson Avenue

Thanks to volunteers and a generous donation, nearly 500 trees are slated to go up along Jefferson

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Armed with shovels, rakes and pick axes, about 100 volunteers on Saturday made good on a pledge from a Grosse Pointe family to spruce up Jefferson Avenue.

The family of Jon Cotton, a businessman and Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce member, donated $275,000 to line Jefferson from Alter Road to Interstate 375 with 485 trees. The Greening of Detroit -- a local group dedicated to the reforestation of the city -- is handling the donation and will spend the next four Saturdays busting cement and planting several different species of trees to create a canopy along Jefferson.

"It is going to be beautiful. This area needs the trees," Greening of Detroit board member Sheila O'Hara said Saturday as she helped volunteers plant 62 trees.

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