Nearly 100 Jersey City school students painted their art depicting a vision of a more tree-filled Jersey City along Central Avenue on Thursday.

The Jersey City Parks Coalition, Frogs Are Green, Jersey City Board of Education and the Central Avenue Special Improvement District sponsored the event.

"Residents, businesses, local schools, and young artists are working together to help beautify and green their main street community for an important environmental cause," Sanford Fishman, a pharmacist from Bond Drugs and Central Avenue SID President, said in a statement. "With 113 tree beds in the shopping district, Central Avenue is proud to have by far the most trees of any commercial district in Jersey City. Our business community recognizes the importance of trees and it is a pleasure to team up with local residents and schools to continue to drive that message."

Several weeks ago, Jersey City students volunteered to participate in the "City of Trees" initiative, and more than 100 students from 10 schools submitted their artwork.

Each student was then given a shop window to replicate his or her design. The artwork will remain up for several weeks.

"We are thrilled to be working with the CASID on their second Central Ave. Storefront Window Painting Project," said Laura Skolar, president of the Jersey City Parks Coalition, in a statement. "This project is an exciting component of our City of Trees arts and education partnership with Frogs Are Green. Educating students on the important role of trees in the environment is one of our greatest tools in our greening today for tomorrow initiative, City of Trees. Goldman Sachs is the Jersey City Parks Coalition's 2016 Education and Engagement Sponsor."

The City of Trees initiative is the Parks Coalition's response to the tree canopy study conducted by the Jersey City Environmental Commission, which found that the city's tree canopy is currently at 17 percent. The national average is 40 percent for a mid-sized city.