Urban Tree connection granted conservatorship

The Urban Tree Connection is a non-profit that has revitalized low-income neighborhoods for the past two decades. Skip Wiener, the head of the organization, stood before a judge and was granted his wish for stewardship over a stretch of land in the Haddington section of West Philadelphia.

The Urban Tree Connection is the first community group in Philadelphia to be granted conservatorship under a new law.

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