Trees can reduce heart disease in Arlington.

NBC News reported the results from the Green Heart Louisville Project’s HEAL Study, released August 22, 2024 that showed that people living in neighborhoods with twice as many trees and shrubs had lower levels of a blood marker associated with heart disease, diabetes and some types of cancer compared with those who lived in more tree-bare neighborhoods. Read the entire article and watch the video at https://www.nbcnews.com/health/rcna168214 . You can also see a recent surface temperature heat map of Arlington at “Surface Temperature by Census Block” - https://www.dropbox.com/s/y5nlg019qveoadi/. Like Arlington, Louisville experienced higher ozone levels in disadvantaged communities.