BEAVERTON CELEBRATES ARBOR DAY WITH NATIVE PLANTS AND PRESENTATION OF TREE CITY USA AWARD
News Release from City of Beaverton
Posted on FlashAlert: April 9th, 2015 9:40 AM
BEAVERTON, Ore. - The City of Beaverton's Arbor Day event will take place on Saturday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to noon at Sexton Mountain Park and Reservoir. The Friends of Trees are seeking volunteers to help plant native plants and 40 native trees. Native trees and plants will be given away to some volunteers to take home and plant in their yards.
Volunteers who wish to participate should meet at 8:45 a.m. at the staging site, 14700 SW Sexton Mountain Drive at the corner of SW Sexton Mountain and SW Murray Blvd. No registration is required. Coffee and breakfast treats will be provided. Friends of Trees will provide gloves and tools. Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Mayor Denny Doyle will accept two Tree City USA awards on behalf of the city prior to the planting. Beaverton has met the criteria to recertify as a Tree City USA for the 21st year, and has also received the Tree City USA Growth award for exceeding the standard requirements for Tree City USA.
Tree City USA is a national program that provides the framework for community forestry management for cities and towns across America. To achieve Tree City USA status, a city must maintain a tree board or department, have a community tree ordinance, spend at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrate Arbor Day.
Beaverton has also been named the 2015 Oregon Tree City of the Year, selected over 65 other cities in Oregon. This award will be presented at a future Beaverton City Council meeting.
For more information, contact Beaverton's arborist, Pat Hoff, at 503-526-2237 or phoff@BeavertonOregon.gov.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2015, Beaverton was recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest (according to CQ Press for cities more than 75,000). Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was named one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine and recognized as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine. The city was named one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com and one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine. The city also received the Recycler of the Year award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, recei ved a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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Volunteers who wish to participate should meet at 8:45 a.m. at the staging site, 14700 SW Sexton Mountain Drive at the corner of SW Sexton Mountain and SW Murray Blvd. No registration is required. Coffee and breakfast treats will be provided. Friends of Trees will provide gloves and tools. Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Mayor Denny Doyle will accept two Tree City USA awards on behalf of the city prior to the planting. Beaverton has met the criteria to recertify as a Tree City USA for the 21st year, and has also received the Tree City USA Growth award for exceeding the standard requirements for Tree City USA.
Tree City USA is a national program that provides the framework for community forestry management for cities and towns across America. To achieve Tree City USA status, a city must maintain a tree board or department, have a community tree ordinance, spend at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrate Arbor Day.
Beaverton has also been named the 2015 Oregon Tree City of the Year, selected over 65 other cities in Oregon. This award will be presented at a future Beaverton City Council meeting.
For more information, contact Beaverton's arborist, Pat Hoff, at 503-526-2237 or phoff@BeavertonOregon.gov.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2015, Beaverton was recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest (according to CQ Press for cities more than 75,000). Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was named one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine and recognized as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine. The city was named one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com and one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine. The city also received the Recycler of the Year award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, recei ved a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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