Dozens of new trees planted to cool down Portsmouth’s hottest neighborhoods

Back in July, WTKR’s Portsmouth Neighborhood Teporter Kamilah Williams reported on the work of graduate students and professors at Virginia Wesleyan University as they identified some of the hottest areas in Portsmouth and looked for ways to bring relief to neighborhoods like Columbia Park.

This month, the “Cool Down P-Town” project is moving from research to results.

For research assistant Vanessa Davidsen, the effort to cool Portsmouth is about the people in the area…

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