Tree city usa award 2013 5.19.14

City of EvanstonTree City USA30 Year AwardGrowth Award

New Signs are Up!

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

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!!!

• 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

II !

We are very proud of our wonderful Forestry Staff and Crews!