U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks during an event at Greene Square Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Sept. 14. Federal officials announced that the City of Cedar Rapids would receive a portion of the 1.5 billion dollars in federal funding allocated to Urban and Community Forestry by the Inflation Reduction Act. NICK ROHLMAN/THE GAZETTE via AP
BY SCOTT MCFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal money…