tree city usa award 2013 5.19.14
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Tree City USA AwardTRANSCRIPT
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City of EvanstonTree City USA30 Year AwardGrowth Award
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New Signs are Up!
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Awards Received
Tree City USA 30th Year• Elm Injection Program• Trimmed 1,000 Trees• Removed 700 Dead,
Dying, or Hazardous trees
• Planted 450 New Trees• Generated Over
$20,000 Through I Heart Evanston Trees Campaign
Growth Award 13th Year• Tree Summit and I
Heart Evanston Trees Kick Off
• Green Living Festival• Hosted Eight-week
Training Course for Evanston Tree Keepers
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Only 10 other communities in Illinois have a longer consecutive award streak than Evanston(Evanston has been awarded 30 consecutive years!)
Illinois is #3 in the US for number of Tree City USA communities.
Evanston is one of 310 communities nationwide to receive award for 30 years or more!!!
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• Link will be posted on the Forestry web page this week to make direct donations
• Goal is to raise $25,000 by the end of 2014
• Contact 3-1-1 with questions for Forestry
staff
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We are very proud of our wonderful Forestry Staff and Crews!