Masontown urged to spare trees
Masontown’s Main Street is a string of empty store fronts, tumble down buildings fronted by yellow caution tape and broken windows, with some valiant business owners interspersed in the ruins.
With few businesses, there is little foot traffic. The only saving grace on this sad empty street is the trees that line it on either side.
Now some borough council members want to take them down. Their rationale is the tree roots are displacing sidewalks that very few people are using. These trees diffuse some of the starkness of this dying little town. These trees harbor birds and give life, color, and shade to this somber wasted street.
Please council, Masontown does not need even sidewalks at the expense of the only lovely thing about Masontown’s Main Street. These trees are sorely needed here more then ever in Masontow’s long history! Spare these trees!
Pepperlee Naviglia
Masontown