Join us! The Stewarding Canopy and Community in Central Queens (SCCCQ) Project has a Community Advisory Committee to support the longevity of the project. We are seeking active community leaders with an interest in civic engagement who reside within the project area. Members of the committee are tasked with ensuring their neighborhood’s urban forestry needs are heard and addressed and attending quarterly committee meetings.

Are you a leader in your community interested in becoming a member of the committee?

Fill out the Interest Form for more information. Also accessible here: https://forms.office.com/g/YCvDbiXfrU 

Marta just celebrated 40 years here in NYC, where she works in design and loves to make thoughtful and beautiful things.

She purchased her co-op in Jackson Heights in 2019 and wanted to invest in her gorgeous neighborhood. During the covid-19 pandemic, she found Jackson Heights Beautification Group Tree LC. It was, and still is, an amazing opportunity to care for public spaces and meet like-minded neighbors. She has become the right-hand to JHBG leadership, boosting the organization’s visibility through branding and social media outreach, as well as note keeping and wrangling volunteers. Marta has been inspired watching the number of volunteers and area of care grow over the past 4 years.

Through JHBG, she was also introduced to more NYC Parks activities and opportunities to work on environmental projects. She is now a NYC Parks Care Captain who spearheads Tree LC events, getting mulch trucks to come to the neighborhood, focusing on areas of extra need. She trained to become a Trees NY certified Citizen Pruner in 2023 and prunes our street trees with JHBG Tree LC all winter. She also joined as a DEP Rain Garden Steward to care for a few rain gardens in her area.

She is a Sanitation Foundation Trash Academy graduate, which helps her lead her co-op recycling and compost education. She has also become a part-time Sanitation Foundation CSA, working with volunteers for cleanups around the City. 

She is looking forward to many more years of helping to make our city greener and clean through these amazing organizations!