The City of Collinsville received a Illinois Community Canopy Planting Grant from Trees Forever to plant trees in our Uptown Area! This grant focuses on planting projects that diversity tree canopies in public areas such as streets, trails, schools, parks etc. This grant will help fund the planting of over 50 trees in Uptown this Fall! 

This project furthers the City's Urban Forestry Management Plan by increasing our tree canopy and encouraging species diversification to bolster our urban forestry resilience. A healthy tree canopy provides a myriad of benefits including providing shade in our hot summers, improving air quality, stormwater management, increasing property values and improvements to mental and physical health. 

You can see all trees to be planted in the City's interactive Public Tree Inventory or with the Uptown Canopy Planting Map 2025 PDF. Trees selected with a note "Nov 8 2025" are new trees to be planted as part of this grant.

Volunteer with Us! 

Join the Cool Cities Committee and Parks and Recreation Department to restore our Uptown Tree Canopy! Planting will take place on November 8th, 2025, at 9 am - noon. Fill out the form below to sign up to volunteer and receive updates on this event. An email reminder with details on event meeting locations and information will be sent out prior to event.