Thanks to your help, we have over 1300 signatures in support of saving the cherry trees on Warfield Place, for the benefit of all Northampton residents. 

Professor Oliver Kellhammer has documented the importance of these shade canopy trees by measuring the ground temperature on the asphalt sidewalk near and under the cherry trees. On June 28 at 1:00 PM, when the air temperature was 96℉, the ground temperature under the shade of the trees was  85℉. The ground temperature in the sun was 139℉, a variance of 54℉. This is hot enough to cause second-degree burns. Destroying this tree canopy will endanger children, the elderly, people with impaired mobility, and those who use service animals. 

We have pleaded with the city to press pause on this hasty, hugely unpopular plan and consider other alternatives. They have refused. So we keep fighting. The bulldozers are coming in a week or two--they won’t give us a date. We need to be ready to mobilize. We still need your help. 

1. Donate to the #savethecherrytrees GoFundMe, 100% of which will go to this fight.  
2. Email ourwarfield@gmail.com with your email and cell phone number to be added to the list of supporters who would like to be notified about vigils, meditations, or opportunities for appreciation that we might be holding.  
3. Join our Facebook page and Twitter feed for up-to-the minute notification and updates on gatherings under the trees.
4. Email Northampton officials and ask them to listen to their constituents and press pause:

• City Council members: mquinlanjr@northamptonma.gov, bdwight@comcast.net, glsciarra@northamptonma.gov, kfoster@northamptonma.gov, jimnashcitycouncil@gmail.com, jthorpe@northamptonma.gov, ajarrett@northamptonma.gov, mlabargeward6@aol.com, rmaiore@northamptonma.gov.
• Mayor David Narkewicz: mayor@northamptonma.gov. 
  
  

More information about the city’s repavement plan and our fight for a smarter approach: 

• Guest Columnist Oliver Kellhammer: Affordable, accessible green streets are achievable (gazettenet.com)
• Heidi V. Scott: ‘Long may those trees stand’ (gazettenet.com)
• A plan for Warfield Street ‘straight out of the 1960s’ (signed by 17 people) (gazettenet.com)
• Francine Deutsch: Save the cherry trees on Warfield Street (gazettenet.com)
• Judith Fine: Push pause on Warfield project (gazettenet.com)
• Guest columnists Kathryne Young and Elizabeth Gaudet: Put brakes on Warfield project (gazettenet.com)