Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury announces Project Impact winners

The results are in for this year's Project Impact.

The initiative, which comes from the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury, aims to support small projects around the city.

This year, 12 out of 17 community groups were chosen to receive funding for projects they pitched.

More than 1,000 residents in the city voted for their favourite projects online or at a local library. The winners were announced yesterday.

A spokesperson with the Junction Creek Butternut Grove project said he will be using the money to plant butternut trees in his Garson neighbourhood.

"They're reasonably costly but part of the reason is that they're hard to grow," Michael Preen said.

We thought, 'Would it ever be nice to plant some of those trees in the parkland behind our properties?'"

Projects chosen for funding received up to $500.

Over at Laurentian University's School of Environment, students there will use the money they receive to build a living wall at the school.

"We thought it'd be a great idea to bring some kind of greenery and liveliness into the school," Cassidy Richter said.

"We didn't have any projects similar to that. So, a living wall is like a vertical, standing garden. So, we'll be having plants grown vertically in the foyer in natural lighting."